QUEEN SQUARE: ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD & ITS INSTITUTIONS
Written by Godfrey Heathcote Hamilton.
Stock no. 1820910
Published by Leonard Parsons. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Page edges uncut. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown above bookplate of John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd (an antiquarian researcher, public servant and notable figure in the memoirs of many notable figures of the twentieth century, including Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell). A few grubby marks to margins.

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HADRIAN'S WALL IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS
Written by Frank Graham. Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.
Stock no. 1820884
Published by Frank Graham. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

What the Roman Wall was like when in use, the soldiers who built and garrisoned it and the civilians who lived in the towns and villages scattered along its length. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0859831779. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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A HISTORY OF THE UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY VOLUME V
Written by Cecil C.P. Lawson. Illustrated by Cecil C.P. Lawson.
Stock no. 1820882
Published by Kaye & Ward. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume covers not only the Napoleonic wars but also the strife between Canada and America concentrating on the Regular Infantry and of Volunteer and Militia units at home and abroad. There is a large section on Canada. Three colour plates and many b/w illustrations. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. 184 pages includes index. ISBN: 071820204X. Top of spine bumped and corresponding light crease to inside corners of contents. Some foxing present mainly to gutter edges also plate margins. Pink pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly creased at top edge.

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THE CANTING CREW: LONDON'S CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD 1550-1700
Written by John L. McMullan.
Stock no. 1820768
Published by Rutgers University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A volume in the Crime, Law and Deviance series. Reconstructing the criminal underworld in Elizabethan and Stuart London - an underworld of thieves, pickpockets, confidence cheats, prostitutes, and fences. Analyzing the organizational features of crime. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0813510228. Grubby mark to front pastedown. Date stamped to rear endpaper. Text block a little grubby. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a few closed tears and small chips, grubby to rear panel.

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LONDON IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Written by Percy H. Boynton.
Stock no. 1820763
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge gilt. Board edges lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing to margins.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 11
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1319730
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807644. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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BEYOND THE MOTHER COUNTRY: WEST INDIANS AND THE NOTTING HILL WHITE RIOTS
Written by Edward Pilkington.
Stock no. 2134064
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. This book examines an important missing chapter in the history of post-war Britain. ISBN: 1850431132. Page browning. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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BABYLON THE GREAT: A DISSECTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF MEN AND THINGS IN THE BRITISH CAPITAL (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Robert Mudie.
Stock no. 1820501
Published by Charles Knight. 1st 1825. Good condition.

A book about London, 'in its confusion of tongues, of people, and of employments, it is Babylon; and in all its attributes it is "Babylon the Great."' A two volume set. Leather spine and corners, marbled paper boards. Raised bands and gilt title label to spines. Boards scuffed and worn at edges. Volume II is cracked to outside front spine edge with slight loss of leather to top. Contemporary inscription in ink to front endpapers. Volume II has insect damage to gutter edge of prelims. Scattered foxing and age marks throughout.

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LONDON AT SCHOOL: THE STORY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD 1870-1904
Written by Hugh B. Philpott.
Stock no. 1820500
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1st 1904. Good condition.

The story of the London School Board. Red cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. Ex-lib with usual marks mainly to text block and front endpapers. Boards a little grubby. Spine browned and marked. Front joint starting to crack from base. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Text block browned. Contents generally clean.

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REAL LIFE IN LONDON (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820499
Published by Jones And Co.. Circa 1822. Good condition.

Or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, The Hon. Tom. Dashall, through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a living picture of fashionable characters, manners and amusements in High and Low Life by An Amateur. Leather spine and corners, marbled paper boards. Vol 1: hand coloured frontispiece, title page and 17 plates plus Tom and Bob catching a Charley napping. Vol 2: hand coloured frontispiece, title page and 11 plates plus St Georges Day presentation. One of the better imitations of the hugely popular 'Life in London' by Pierce Egan, portraying with accuracy 17th century London society, scenes and buildings. Leather spine & corners, title label with gilt title to spine, marbled paper boards. First Edition, later printing e.g. contains 'A word to the wise' in vol II. Covers heavily scuffed and worn at edges. Slight loss to title blocks. Leather missing from one front corner. Joints cracked. Title pages have been swapped by the binder i.e. volume one contains title page for volume two and vice versa. All plates present. Text block browned. Contents browned and foxed. Plates nice and bright with browning and foxing mainly to margins.

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JOHN BULL, LIMITED
Written by George W. Hills.
Stock no. 1820471
Published by Regent Publishing Co.. Almost very good condition.

Travels around the United Kingdom. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. Rear board a little scuffed, spine slightly faded, titles bright. Corners lightly worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Annotations in biro to rear endpaper. A few scattered foxspots. All plates present.

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OUR HOME RAILWAYS: HOW THEY BEGAN AND HOW THEY ARE WORKED
Written by W.J. Gordon. Illustrated by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 2134043
Published by Bracken Books. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the Combined volume (includes Volumes 1 & 2). Black cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1851703144. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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