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THE BELLS OF LONDON TOWN
Written by Molly B. Thomson. Illustrated by Molly B. Thomson.
Stock no. 1321698
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

A Kiddie Kut Book. Shaped pictorial card wraps and pages. Colour illustrations every page with peep-through windows. Some creases to covers. Crayon scribbles to inside front cover. Some light browning to the top of the shaped pages.

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LONDON TRANSPORT SINCE 1963
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1822295
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711024812. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge.

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LONDON HUMOROUS READINGS
Written by Henry Lloyd.
Stock no. 2135290
Published by W. Nicholson & Sons. 1st 1890. Good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt titles and black decorations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and other marks to covers. Binding is starting to weaken. Some foxing and browning throughout. Ink stamp to title page.

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LONDON IN 1731
Written by Don Manoel Gonzales.
Stock no. 2135287
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Almost very good condition.

Smaller format. Cassell's National Library Series. Edited by Professor Henry Morley. Spine is browned; front cover is unevenly faded/mottled. Name in ink to half-title page. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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MORNINGS AT BOW STREET
Written by John Wight. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 2135188
Published by Charles Baldwyn. 1st 1824. Almost very good condition.

New binding of Brown cloth spine, green boards; white paper title to spine. A Selection of the Most Humourous and Entertaining Reports Which Have Appeared in the Morning Herald. B/w illustrations. Some fading and wear to new spine. New endpapers. Rest of pages have uncut edges; foxing to varying degrees throughout.

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CITY OF ENCOUNTERS: A LONDON DIVERTISSEMENT
Written by Thomas Burke.
Stock no. 2135185
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Spine and rear cover are very faded; other fading to some other edges. Foxing to outer page edges.

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LIVING LONDON: BEING ECHOES RE-ECHOED
Written by George Augustus Sala.
Stock no. 2135017
Published by Remington and Co.. 1st 1883. Fair condition.

Leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine; marbled boards. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. with some usual ink stamps, markings and stickers to spine. Front cover is nearly detached; large split to rear of spine; scuffing to covers; chipping and heavy wear to covers. Some marks to contents, but generally still good. A reading copy.

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IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON SOCIAL LIFE
Written by E.S. Nadal.
Stock no. 2135015
Published by Scribner Armstrong And Company. 1st USA 1875. Good condition.

Red/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. With Other Papers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping and loss to top and tail of spine. Stitching has broken in a couple of places (especially between pages 48-49), so contents are starting to come loose. A reading copy only!

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ANECDOTES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF LONDON DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James Peller Malcolm.
Stock no. 2134926
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees And Orme. 2nd 1810. Fair condition.

Including The Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements of the Citizens of London During That Period; With a Review of the State of Society In 1807. To which is added a sketch of the domestic architecture and of the various improvements in the Metropolis. Illustrated with 45 engravings. Second Edition. Cloth spine with paper title onlay. Blue boards. Volume II front cover and prelim pages are almost detached, some other pages are loose, where stitching is starting to come undone. Marks and heavy bumping and wear to cover edges. Some foxing and browning. Possibly good candidate for rebinding! At the moment, a reading set only.

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THE GREAT METROPOLIS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James Grant.
Stock no. 2134925
Published by Saunders and Otley. 3rd 1838. Fair condition.

Leather bindings, raised bands to spines, gilt titles. Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons. First Series, third edition. Covers of volume 1 are detached, but still present. Front cover of volume 2 held on by endpapers. Heavy wear with scuffing to covers; some tears/chips and a little loss to spine. A few pages are paper taped in. Foxing and browning to pages, but contents are still very readable. A few margin nicks/tears. Working copies ONLY!

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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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