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A VISIT TO UNCLE WILLIAM IN TOWN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821827
Published by J. Harris. 1st 1818. Good condition.

A Description of the Most Remarkable Buildings and Curiosities in the British Metropolis. Small format. Red cloth spine, plain boards. 66 b/w copper-plate engravings. Top & tail of spine worn, base of spine frayed. Boards grubby and illustrations/titles faded. corners worn. Text block browned with slight shave to lower edge (not affecting contents. Endpapers missing. Contemporary name in ink to top of title page. Joints cracked. 2 pages of plates (6 plates) missing. Top 1.5" of introduction page missing (cut out). Contents are stained and grubby, some damp staining.

NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ON THE BLOOMSBURY SITE: A SYMPOSIUM
Written by Thomas Lloyd Humberstone.
Stock no. 2134438
Published by Dryden Press. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

White spine, grey boards with white title label to front cover. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with a dedication to a previous owner on front endpaper. Uneven browning to covers. Some foxing and browning to pages internally.

A LONDON GARLAND
Written by W.E. Henley.
Stock no. 1821321
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1895. Good condition.

Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse with pictures by members of the society of illustrators. Large format. Vellum boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Boards heavily scuffed and marked, 1" split to base of spine and also to middle of front edge of spine. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxspots. Pages 83 -86 detached from binding (center of a section). Some hinges pulled.

SUNDAY IN LONDON
Written by George Cruikshank. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1821314
Published by Effingham Wilson. 1st 1833. Almost very good condition.

Modern binding. Dark green leather spine with raised bands and burgundy title label with gilt title. Marbled paper boards. 14 b/w tissue-guarded illustrations. Light rubbing to board corners. New endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout. Grubby marks throughout.

LONDON NIGHTS OF LONG AGO
Written by Shaw Desmond.
Stock no. 2134333
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles to spine. 28 entertaining b/w plates. 8.5 x 5.5". 252 pages. Bumping to spine; label to base of spine (Possible ex-lib.). Wear and some scuffs to covers. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Plate page 132 appears to have been stuck back in and has edge-tears and chips.

THE DAYS WE KNEW
Written by J.B. Booth.
Stock no. 2134332
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and black decoration to front cover. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and fading to spine. Page edge browning; a little foxing.

LONDON IN FLAMES LONDON IN GLORY
Written by Robert Arnold Aubin.
Stock no. 2134329
Published by Rutgers University Press. 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Poems on the Fire and Rebuilding of London 1666-1709. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; rest of wrapper is browned and grubby; a few large closed tears; small tear hole to front panel.

A BACHELOR'S LONDON
Written by Frederic Whyte.
Stock no. 2134327
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Memories of the Day before Yesterday 1889-1914. Green cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

THE LONDON MUSE VICTORIAN POETIC RESPONSES TO THE CITY
Written by William B. Thesing.
Stock no. 2134290
Published by The University of Georgia Press. Circa 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0820306193. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges; some edge-tears and creasing.

A BOOK OF LONDON YESTERDAYS
Written by Frederick Willis.
Stock no. 2134288
Published by Phoenix House. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Some marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is browned to spine with edge-tears and chips, a little loss.

THE ROMANCE OF HATTON GARDEN
Written by H. Marryat; Una Broadbent.
Stock no. 2134260
Published by James Cornish & Sons. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Black cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to letter pasted to front pastedown. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to free front endpaper. Pencil annotation to rear free endpaper. Fold-out diagram has a few misfolds and a bit of creasing. Some foxing.

CROYDON AIRPORT
Written by Mike Hooks.
Stock no. 1320280
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

The Archive Photographs Series. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752407449.