JAMES GIBBS
Written by Terry Friedman.
Stock no. 1829484
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In eighteenth-century England, James Gibbs was perhaps the most successful and prolific architect of his generation. This book is a cogent and fully documented record of Gibbs's career and architectural achievement. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. vi and 362 pages including index. ISBN: 0300031726. Base of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Diagonal crease to prelims. Title page is a little grubby with imprinting of ink from facing frontis. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and is scuffed, remains of label to lower edge of rear panel.

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OLD EUSTON
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829456
Published by Country Life. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

An Account of the Beginning of the London and Birmingham Railway and the Building of Euston Station. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w plates. B/w illustrations. xi and 67 pages. Edges of boards and spine lightly rubbed, minor rubbing to top of front board. Page browning and a few grubby marks to contents. Still a nice copy.

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LONDON PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1829366
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Compiled by Roger Hudson. From Romans through to the Nineties. Brown cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a minor bump to one corner.

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THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IN 1666
Written by Walter George Bell; Belinda Hollyer.
Stock no. 1829327
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

An abridgement of the revised edition first published in 1951 by The Bodley Head. Edited and introduced by Belinda Hollyer. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, red & gilt illustration to front. Endpapers show map of the fire. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxii and 261 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a mark to one side.

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LONDON TRANSPORT BUSES IN THE 1960S
Written by Jim Blake.
Stock no. 1829326
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A decade of change and transition. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 9781473867857. Top corners of boards bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MAISIE IN LONDON
Written by Aileen Paterson. Illustrated by Aileen Paterson.
Stock no. 1328690
Published by Byway Books. 1st 1985. Fine condition.

The adventures of the famous kilted kitten. Oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0907448143.

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LONDON'S SIXTIES BUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828914
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781854144324. A lovely copy.

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BORIS'S BUS: THE MAYOR'S NEW ROUTEMASTER
Written by John Aldridge; Gavin Booth; et al.
Stock no. 1828905
Published by Capital Transport. 2nd 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second and enlarged edition. The New Bus for London launched to the press towards the end of 2011 was generally well received. It was a bold new design that was the end product of a process that began when Boris Johnson promised a new Routemaster if he became mayor of London in 2008. He did, and this book is the story of how that pledge was developed into a bus during the first four years of his time as mayor and the further developments during his second and final term. Large format. Matt white pictorial boards. Colour photos. 208 pages, Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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UNDERGROUND TO EVERYWHERE
Written by Stephen Halliday.
Stock no. 1328554
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

London's underground railway in the life of the Capital. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 230 pages. ISBN: 075092585X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and edges and lightly edge rubbed.

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LMS ENGINE SHEDS THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME ONE: THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
Written by Chris Hawkins; George Reeve.
Stock no. 1828784
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history and development of the company and the extensive modernization programme of the 1930s. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and track diagrams. v and 250 pages. ISBN: 0906867029. Reprint. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, rubbed at corners and faded to spine.

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THE LONDON LT
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828782
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The LT type bus which started to appear on London streets in 1929. The first vehicles of this class of over 1400 vehicles had outside staircases while the most developed examples led the way to the STL of 1932. All the variations are covered here, including the famous Bluebirds, the 'Scooter' single deckers and the two coaches. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout and one or two colour photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 9781854143426. Top and tail of front edge of spine lightly knocked. Else a lovely copy. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.

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SERVED BY LONDON'S TROLLEYBUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828740
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The trolleybus is long forgotten by most Londoners, but very fondly remembered by others. This book focuses on the routes operated by the capital's large fleet of trolleybuses from the 1930s until the early 1960s. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 200 pages including index. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is very lightly faded.

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