HORNCHURCH SCRAMBLE THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE RAF FIGHTER AIRFIELD, ITS PILOTS, GROUNDCREW AND STAFF
Written by Richard C. Smith.
Stock no. 2140053
Published by Grub Street. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume One 1915 to the end of the Battle of Britain. B/w photos. ISBN: 1902304624. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and faded to spine. Reprint.

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THE LONDON PLEASURE GARDENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Written by Warwick Wroth; Arthur Edgar Wroth; A.H. Saxon.
Stock no. 2138964
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Unabridged, reprint edition. ISBN: 0333265483. Some bumping to corners. Browning to pages. Wrapper is unevenly browned with a few nicks and scuffs; some grubby marks.

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THE SCENERY OF LONDON
Written by G.E. Mitton. Illustrated by Herbert M. Marshall.
Stock no. 2137560
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black 20 Shilling Series. Grey cloth with green/yellow decorations. Gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 75 tissue-guarded colour plates. 4 page newer booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little chipping and fraying to cloth. Browning/fading to spine. Staining to bottom corner of front cover - showing through on pastedown and affecting page margins of prelims, including frontis. Some foxing and browning.

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DEFENDING LONDON'S RIVER
Written by V.T.C. Smith.
Stock no. 1322801
Published by North Kent Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

The story of the Thames Forts 1540-1945. Cream cardwraps. B/w photos. 48 pages. ISBN: 0948305002. Covers slightly grubby. Name and address in ink inside front cover. A few light marks to lower margin of title-page.

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THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
Written by Ian McInnes.
Stock no. 2137320
Published by Jade Publishing Limited. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Including the Body of Yeoman Warders H.M. Tower of London, Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard (Extraordinary) 1823-1903. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1900734192. SIGNED by author, with dedication to front endpaper. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased

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LONDON VANISHED & VANISHING
Written by Philip Norman. Illustrated by Philip Norman.
Stock no. 2137238
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

A. & C. Black Colour Book. Dark green/blue cloth, gilt. 75 tissue-guarded and captioned colour plates. A & C Black 20/- Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist, plus 4 page newer booklist to rear. Circa date from dates of books first published to booklist in rear. Spine is bumped and browned. Bumping to corners. Some marks to covers. Joints are a bit cracked. Front endpaper has small tear holes/slats, where someone has had a name plate or something similar in book previously. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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FAMILIAR LONDON
Written by Rose Barton. Illustrated by Rose Barton.
Stock no. 2137236
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1904. Fair condition.

Dark red cloth with rose design printed in red, green and yellow on front cover and spine. Gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 61 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling series. 4 page booklist to rear. Circa date from books listed in booklist to rear. Possibly published in same year as first, but first impression didn't contain the 4 page booklist. Spine is browned, with a little fraying to cloth at top and tail. Front joint is BROKEN! Only partially held on by a little stitching at top; this means the binding is weak/fragile. Page edge browning, with a few grubby marks.

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LONDON
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff; G.E. Mitton. Illustrated by Gordon Home; John Fulleylove; J.H. Hartley; et al..
Stock no. 2137235
Published by A. & C. Black. 1929. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. A & C Black Colour Book Popular series. Revised by Mitton. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE TOWER OF LONDON
Written by Arthur Poyser. Illustrated by John Fulleylove.
Stock no. 2137123
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding plan of the Tower. Booklist to rear (shiny). Possible variant first/early edition, as booklist to rear lists books published 1908. Spine is browned with couple of splits to top. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. A few grubby margin marks. All plates present.

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LONDON SURVEY'D: THE WORK OF THE SURVEY OF LONDON 1894-1994
Written by Hermione Hobhouse.
Stock no. 1823499
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

The survey of London traces its origins to the campaigning zeal of the 1890s when C R Ashbee and a group of like-minded conservationists set up the Watch Committee to campaign against the demolition of historic buildings. Out of this grew 'the great enterprise' of creating an inventory of all London's historic buildings as an aid to their protection and is still ongoing. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873592191. Base of spine bumped. Contents clean.

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THE IMPACT OF THE RAILWAYS IN THE EAST END 1835-2010
Written by Emma Dwyer.
Stock no. 1823439
Published by Museum Of London Archaeology. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Historical archaeology from the London Overground East London line. Monograph 52. Large format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781901992984. A few scuff marks to boards. Base of spine lightly bumped. Contents fine.

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DOCKLANDS HERITAGE: CONSERVATION AND REGENERATION IN LONDON DOCKLANDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2136622
Published by London Docklands Development Corporation. 1ST 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0950987735. A fe light marks to covers.

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