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THE LONDON YEAR: A BOOK OF MANY MOODS
Written by H.V. Morton. Illustrated by A.E. Horne.
Stock no. 1820996
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w illustrations to text and 13 full page b/w illustrations. Cloth boards nice and bright, corners lightly bumped. Foxing to prelims and text block. Browning to endpapers.

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SPIV'S PROGRESS
Written by John Worby.
Stock no. 1820991
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition.

Sequel to 'The Other Half'. Autobiography of John Worby, a spiv. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. Reprint. Covers and text block browned.

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THE FLOATING PRISONS OF WOOLWICH AND DEPTFORD
Written by Reg Rigden.
Stock no. 1820990
Published by T.M.R.S.. 1st thus 1986. Very good condition.

Originally published in 1976, this is a reprint. Blue cardwraps with white title to front. 23 pages. Stapled binding. ISBN: 0907041647. Scuffing to front cover. Contents clean.

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A LONDON FAMILY 1870-1900
Written by M. Vivian Hughes.
Stock no. 1820982
Published by Oxford University Press. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0192122290. Vertical crease to spine. Browning to text block and page edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and creased.

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FIFTY YEARS OF A LONDONER'S LIFE
Written by H.G. Hibbert.
Stock no. 1820981
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Light blue/grey cloth boards, brown titles. 18 b/w plates. Spine browned and worn at top & tail with some fraying. Corners worn, small bump to lower front edge of board. Grubby marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled and frontis almost detached. Scattered foxing throughout.

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CAPITAL HISTORIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF LONDON
Written by Patricia L. Garside.
Stock no. 1820962
Published by Ashgate. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt titles and wrap-around vignette. B/w photos and illustrations. 117 pages. ISBN: 1840146540.

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SOAS SINCE THE SIXTIES
Written by David Arnold; Christopher Shackle.
Stock no. 1820958
Published by School Of Oriental And African Studies (university Of London). 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Contributed by senior SOAS staff and chapters focus on the styles and achievements of Directors and their senior managers; the main areas of academic expertise; the School's internationally renowned Library and archives; and the SOS estate. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0728603535.

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SOURCES OF LONDON ENGLISH: MEDIEVAL THAMES VOCABULARY
Written by Laura Wright.
Stock no. 1820957
Published by Clarendon Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198239092. A few marks to boards. Small bookplate to top of front pastedown.

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BERNARD SHAW'S PHONETICS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COCKNEY SOUND-CHANGES
Written by Joseph Saxe.
Stock no. 1820953
Published by George Allen & Unwin. 1st 1936. Good condition.

Plain cardwraps with title to spine and front. 86 pages. Covers are browned, stained and marked. Base of spine worn. Edges worn. Joints broken, covers detached. Contents otherwise tightly bound.

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LONDON PRIDE: SONGS OF THE CITY
Written by M. Melville Balfour.
Stock no. 1820952
Published by The Homeland Association. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Songs in honour of the Guilds of London. Blue cloth spine, blue paper boards, dark blue titles. 52 pages. Boards browned and scuffed. Name in red ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing.

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LONDON IDYLLS
Written by W.J. Dawson.
Stock no. 1820950
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1895. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth boards iwth gilt titles and vignettes to front. Floral endpapers. A few marks to boards, edges lightly rubbed. Joints starting to crack. Grubby pencil erasure to first blank page which is uncut from half-title page. One or two random foxspots.

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