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LAYS OF A LONDONER
Written by Clement Scott.
Stock no. 2134802
Published by David Bogue. 1st 1882. Almost very good condition.

Peach cloth with gil title and dark brown vignettes. Book of verse. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing and page browning.

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THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
Written by Thomas Day; Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 1821831
Published by J. Wallis. Circa 1795. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Abridged from the original by Richard Johnson. Entertaining and practical lessons in manners, masculinity, and class politics. Small format. Green leather spine, marbled boards. 4 b/w engravings. Boards are heavily scuffed and edge-worn with loss of surface paper at edges. Spine is creased. Contemporary inscription in ink to free front endpaper dated 1803. Large dampstain to endpapers. 'Cooper' handwritten to title page. Binding tight. Contents browned with age.

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A VISIT TO UNCLE WILLIAM IN TOWN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821827
Published by J. Harris. 1st 1818. Good condition.

A Description of the Most Remarkable Buildings and Curiosities in the British Metropolis. Small format. Red cloth spine, plain boards. 66 b/w copper-plate engravings. Top & tail of spine worn, base of spine frayed. Boards grubby and illustrations/titles faded. corners worn. Text block browned with slight shave to lower edge (not affecting contents. Endpapers missing. Contemporary name in ink to top of title page. Joints cracked. 2 pages of plates (6 plates) missing. Top 1.5" of introduction page missing (cut out). Contents are stained and grubby, some damp staining.

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RURAL SCENES: OR, A PEEP INTO THE COUNTRY. FOR YOUTH
Written by Ann Taylor.
Stock no. 1821826
Published by R. Yorke Clarke And Co.. 8th 1948. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Eighth edition. A book of childrens rhymes. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. 87 b/w engravings. Covers browned and stained. Contemporary inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents browned and a few grubby marks.

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THE HERMIT IN LONDON; OR, SKETCHES OF ENGLISH MANNERS (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134508
Published by Henry Colburn And Co.. Circa 1821. Almost very good condition.

A new Edition in 3 volumes. Leather spines and corners. New binding. These items have been rebound, so have extra endpapers; a few pages are strengthened with paper tape at spine. Wear and rubbing to spines and corners. Bookplates to front pastedowns of each volume. Ink stamp to one prelim. Foxing and page browning.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL IV
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134499
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1803. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt title to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. Includes Devonshire and Dorsetshire. 29 b/w plates. 560 pages + booklist. Spine is faded; a few scuffs. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOLS. VII AND VIII (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134498
Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe; Longman; Hurst. 1st 1808. Very good condition.

Leather spines and corners; raised bands to spines; marbled boards. Volume 7 = Herts, Huntingdon and First part of Kent; Volume 8 = Kent. B/w plates. Spines are faded; a few scuffs. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE ORIGINAL DELINEATIONS, TOPOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE, INTITULED THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by J. Norris Brewer.
Stock no. 2134497
Published by J.Harris; Longman And Co.. 1st 1818. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; marbled boards. 2 maps. Spine is faded, with some marks. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL I
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134496
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1801. Very good condition.

Three quarters brown leather binding, marbled boards. Gilt titles to spine. Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bucks. 400 pages + List + 29 plates. Spine is faded with some marks. Browning and foxspots to marbled boards. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Page browning and some foxing.

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A LONDON GARLAND
Written by W.E. Henley.
Stock no. 1821321
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1895. Good condition.

Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse with pictures by members of the society of illustrators. Large format. Vellum boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Boards heavily scuffed and marked, 1" split to base of spine and also to middle of front edge of spine. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxspots. Pages 83 -86 detached from binding (center of a section). Some hinges pulled.

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ROBERT; OR, NOTES FROM THE DIARY OF A CITY WAITER
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Keene; R.B. Wallace.
Stock no. 1821316
Published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co.. Circa 1888. Almost very good condition.

1st and 2nd series in one volume. Green cloth boards, red titles. 122 and 144 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine browned so title no longer visible to spine. Boards grubby. Joints starting to crack (binding is tight). Text block browned. Contents clean.

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SKETCHES FROM ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS
Written by Giorgione Di Castel Chiuso.
Stock no. 1821315
Published by Robert Stodart. 2nd 1820. Almost very good condition.

First Series, Second Edition. Three-quarter leather binding, marbled paper boards. small b/w illustrations. A book of poetry. xix and 170 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss to top & tail of spine, edges rubbed. Boards scuffed. Loss to rear lower corner (nibbled?), other corners worn. Contents a little grubby.

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