THE FLOWER OF ALL CITIES - THE HISTORY OF LONDON FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE GREAT FIRE.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,wrap-around,bird's-eye colour pictorial painting reproduction of boy-king Edward VI's coronation procession (1547) illustrated dw/dj; front with capitalised,black-lettered part-title and capitalised,brown-lettered sub-title,with author's capitalised,black-lettered name and other black lettered synopsis sentence along its top edge.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's and publisher's thumbnail white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's illustration with brown-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7287pp [paginated] includes a Preface,Acknowledements and dedication to same page,8 chapters,Appendices (1-4),16pp b/w+colour illustration reproductions, contemporary colour photographs in 1 block,between pp160/61,9pp architectural b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp83/91 respectively,plus profuse other b/w historical illustration,maps etc reproductions and b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,a 30pp Bibliography and References,other Resources and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and to the rear,publisher's single page book's b/w cover illustrated title of a new history of Bubonic Plagues of London. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. The history of London up to the time of the Great Fire of 1666 is a story of settlement, struggle, conquest, oppression, rebellion, war, plague and purifying fire. It is a story of Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors and Stuarts. Of a city that grew from ancient origins to become 'the flower of all cities', until the centuries of buidling and the lives within it were obliterated by the Great Fire. This unique history of old London town encompassses the lives of kings and queens, commoners and knights, monks and merchant-adventurers; of the anointed and ill-fated, the remembered and the forgotten. It features the roles of many of the famous figures in British history: Queen Boudicca, King Alfred, Wat Tyler, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and Guy Fawkes. And of Geoffrey Chaucer, Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Inigo Jones, Thomas Middleton, John Milton, Christopher Wren, and Samuel Pepys. It is a tale of 'great matter' and 'great reckoning', where the nation was shaped, fortunes made and squandered, life advanced and lost.Through the story of early London we can trace a busy, beautiful city lost forever, but brought back to life here through the skilful use of the archaeological and written records. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **