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FORLORN SUNSET
Written by Michael Sadleir. Illustrated by John Piper.
Stock no. 2133853
Published by Constable. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Set in the 1870's, this is a story of disreputable London characters, who pandered to the amusements and miseries of their poor helpless victims. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis by Piper plus 3 b/w plates. 499 pages. Frontis illustration reproduced on wrapper. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper a little grubby and nicked and rubbed at top edge.

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SMITH'S LONDON JOURNAL
Written by H. Allen Smith.
Stock no. 2133852
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

The amusing journal of an American in London. Red cloth, white title to spine. 234 pages includes glossary. Spine bumped, sunned and slightly marked. Corners bumped. A couple of foxspots to endpapers. Pages lightly browned else clean.

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ODDITIES OF LONDON LIFE
Written by Paul Pry.
Stock no. 2133851
Published by E.L. Carey And A. Hart. 1st 1838. Fair condition.

Small format. Brown cloth spine and boards. 212 pages. Most of title label worn from spine. Boards worn with some pen marks to rear cover. Pencil annotation to rear endpaper. Front joint split but cover holding. Front endpapers soiled. Foxing throughout. Reasonable condition for age.

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ADVENTURES OF BINDLE
Written by Herbert Jenkins.
Stock no. 2133850
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The further adventures of Joseph Bindle, furniture remover and 'the greatest cockney that has come into being through the medium of literature since Dickens wrote the Pickwick Papers'. Green boards, black titles. 176 pages. Corners very slightly rubbed. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby and has closed tear to rear panel.

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LMS ENGINE SHEDS THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME FOUR THE SMALLER ENGLISH CONSTITUENTS
Written by Chris Hawkins; George Reeve.
Stock no. 1820194
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and track diagrams. The Furness Railway, The London Tilbury & Southend Railway, The North Staffordshire Railway, The Stratford-Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway and The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. ISBN: 0906867207. Very faint foxspots to prelims and text block. Light browning to pastedowns. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LONDON TRANSPORT BUSES & COACHES: LISTING OF VEHICLES SHOWN IN YEAR BOOKS FOR 1939 TO 1945 AND 1946 TO 1962
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820030
Published by John A.S. Hambley. 10th 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Tenth Edition. The RTL & RTW Classes after London and General Buses of the Twenties. In Route Number Order. Green, spiral bound cardwraps. 86 pages. Light creasing to covers. Contents clean.

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THE LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY OF THE LONDON, CHATHAM & DOVER RAILWAY
Written by D.L. Bradley.
Stock no. 2133027
1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Revised Edition. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115479. Light creasing to a couple of cover corners.

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OLD SERJEANTS' INN CHANCERY LANE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2132606
Published by The Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Limited. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Pale blue/grey cloth with gilt titles. Includes coats of arms illustrations. Bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Uneven dark marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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MEDIEVAL LONDON
Written by Timothy Baker.
Stock no. 2132597
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0304935433. Has stickers saying 'The Readers Union Group of Book Clubs' to wrapper flap and title page. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Small pen mark to title page. Wrapper is creased with a closed tear to base of spine.

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THE WESTMINSTER CIRCLE
Written by David Sullivan.
Stock no. 2132582
Published by Historical Publications Ltd.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with silver title to spine. The People Who Lived and Worked in the Early Town of Westminster, 1066-1307. ISBN: 1905286155.

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THE TRAMWAYS OF SOUTH LONDON & CROYDON 1899-1949
Written by K.G. Harvie.
Stock no. 1818997
4th 1968. Almost very good condition.

Fourth Edition. White cardwraps with blue title to front & b/w photo of tram. B/w photos. 122 text pages. Spine worn with loss to top & tail, spine covering appears to be missing. Card covers grubby. Worm damage to margins of last few pages, affecting text at margin edges.

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MONOPOLY LONDON: THE MONOPOLY PLAYER'S TOUR OF LONDON
Written by Stephen Essberger.
Stock no. 1818745
Published by Chameleon Publishing; Fotobank Books Ltd. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

History, Points of Interest, Famous People, Famous Hotels & Houses, Tour Maps, Useful Information. Tall format. Black boards, white titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1869911024. Light rubbing to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine.

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