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ASPECTS OF EXETER
Written by Peter Thomas; Jacqueline Warren.
Stock no. 2134883
Published by Baron Jay Ltd.. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Black boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 090459307X.

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HOGARTH AND THE SHOWS OF LONDON
Written by Andrew Stevens.
Stock no. 2134879
Published by University of Wisconsin Press. 1996. Very good condition.

Large square format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0932900429. Foxing and browning to covers; some creasing to corners.

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ORIGINAL VIEWS OF LONDON
Written by E. Beresford Chancellor. Illustrated by Thomas Shotter Boys.
Stock no. 2134868
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1926. Good condition.

As It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842. A Reissue of the Complete Set of These Scarce and Valuable Delineations of London With Descriptive Notes to Each Plate and a Short Introduction by Chancellor. List of subscribers. 25 b/w plates. Dark red boards, gilt titles. Large format. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very uneven fading to covers and spine; bumping and some chipping with a bit of loss. Fraying to cloth at top of spine, with tear. Foxing throughout, but contents are generally still very good.

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ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY, PARTS XV, XVI, XVII (LONDON VOLS I, II, III)
Written by George Laurence Gomme.
Stock no. 2134859
Published by Elliot Stock. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

The Gentleman's Magazine Library Series. Titles to spines: The Topography of London. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Spines are darkened. A few marks to covers. Uncut page edges are creased with foxing.

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A SURVEY OF THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER, AND THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (2 VOLUMES)
Written by John Stow; John Strype.
Stock no. 2134858
Published by W. Innys And J. Richardson. 1754. Fair condition.

Very large, heavy format. Leather spines and corners; marbled boards. Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Present State and Government of those Cities, written at first in the year 1698 by John Stow. Corrected, Improved and very much Enlarged in the year 1720 by John Strype. Illustrated with exact maps of the city and suburbs and all of the Wards; and, likewise, of the Out-Parishes of London and Westminster, and the Country ten miles round London. Together with many fair Draughts of the most Emiment Buildings. Sixth Edition. Heavy wear and some loss of colour to leather spine and corners; chipping. A couple of splits to spines. Scuffing to covers. Small white labels to bottom left hand corners of front covers. Foxing and browning; some pages have chipping/bookworm holes. Musty odour to both volumes (From age). A few pages are detached, or almost detached, but loosely inserted. Over 90% of the plates have been removed and page 21/22 of Volume 2 is missing as well (probably accidentally removed when a plate was removed).

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A TOUR THROUGHOUT SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by J.T. Barber. Illustrated by J.T. Barber.
Stock no. 2134855
Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1803. Fair condition.

Full brown leather, gilt titles and gilt decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. Folding colour map and 20 sepia plates. Comprehending a General Survey of the Picturesque Scenery, Remains of Antiquity, Historical Events, Peculiar Manners and Commercial Situations of that Interesting Portion of the British Empire. xiii + 359 pages. Front cover is detached, but still present. Front endpapers are also detached, but loosely inserted. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and browning.

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GEORGE ORMEROD HISTORIAN OF CHESHIRE
Written by John Peter Hess.
Stock no. 1321249
Published by Herald Printers (whitchurch) Ltd. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exceedingly readable biography of a man who was one of the earliest historians. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951461400. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby.

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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SCARLET
Written by Gareth Hughes.
Stock no. 2134827
Published by Llanelli Rugby Football Club. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950915904. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper spine is faded with some edge-creasing.

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A STORY TELLER FORTY YEARS IN LONDON
Written by W. Pett Ridge.
Stock no. 2134807
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 1880-1920. B/w plates. Spine and cover edges are browned. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. What appears to be a red stain to bottom corner of front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning.

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JOHN GAY'S LONDON
Written by William Henry Irving.
Stock no. 2134803
Published by Harvard University Press. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with white title label to spine. Illustrated from the poetry of the time. Spine is bumped and browned. Some spotting to covers. Half of fold-out map is torn off and loosely inserted to rear. Contents are generally very good. Wrapper is in two pieces, torn down one edge; other tears and chips; some loss; tape marks to base of spine.

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LONDON IS MY LUTE
Written by Winifred James.
Stock no. 2134801
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Chapman and Hall's Centenary Year. Green cloth with white title label to spine. Spine and cover edges are faded. Marks to covers. Title label is creased with some scuffs of wear. Foxing and page browning to outer page edges.

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THE SOUL OF LONDON: A SURVEY OF A MODERN CITY
Written by Ford Madox Hueffer.
Stock no. 2134800
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1911. Very good condition.

The Readers' Library Series. New binding; black cloth with gilt title to spine. New binding/endpapers. Bumping to spine and corners. Page browning.

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