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London: Spring Books, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. corners bumped, previous owner's name and address to the front endpaper, some inked underlining and notations to first 75 pgs, several pages dog-eared; jacket tips, corners and edges worn, upper tip chipped, light soiling and rubbing, small open tear to rear panel. Originally published shortly before WW1. Many facets of unkown London didn't survive the wars. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. Second Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Stamp to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.

Spring Books, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Spring Books, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Spring Books, 1966. Hardback. Very Good/Worn. 330 pages

MP3 Audio CD. Unknown London Herein you will find much concerning those things which everybody knows about, but nobody knows — the things you have known about since childhood, and have been content to leave them at that, knowing little of what they are and still less where they are to be found. I have dealt mostly with the big things that London has in its keeping, such as the Domesday Book (can you tell me off-hand where it is to be seen ?); with the Confessor's Shrine (of the crowds who enter Westminster Abbey there is a big leaven who do not even know that it is there); with the massive fragments of London's Roman Wall that still survive; with that spot in Smithfield where martyrs burnt and English history was made; with the Duke of Suffolk's head and its dramatic story; with our Roman baths; with London Stone and odd others. … The City of London — the innermost "square mile" — is the richest ground for historical associations in all our world Empire, and the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Unknown London Herein you will find much concerning those things which everybody knows about, but nobody knows — the things you have known about since childhood, and have been content to leave them at that, knowing little of what they are and still less where they are to be found. I have dealt mostly with the big things that London has in its keeping, such as the Domesday Book (can you tell me off-hand where it is to be seen ?); with the Confessor's Shrine (of the crowds who enter Westminster Abbey there is a big leaven who do not even know that it is there); with the massive fragments of London's Roman Wall that still survive; with that spot in Smithfield where martyrs burnt and English history was made; with the Duke of Suffolk's head and its dramatic story; with our Roman baths; with London Stone and odd others. … The City of London — the innermost "square mile" — is the richest ground for historical associations in all our world Empire, and the… Read More

Spring Books, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A charming look at historical events from throughout London's history, from a long-tenured newspaperman. First published in this edition in1966, with 5 additional chapters by editor E.R.Wethersett to replace a few pieces removed from the original for various reasons. Apparent first of this edition, VG in an easily VG jacket, in protective mylar. Jacket is price clipped, Front free endpaper also clipped, perhaps to remove gift inscription or previous owner's name. Book contains occasional neat pencil underlining that could be easily erased.

London: Spring Books, 1966. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 330pp., index, ill. Revised, with additional material, by Wethersett. Good; DJ shows some wear and a bit of damping to bottom of spine panel cause a small adhesion to the underlying cloth; no other signs of wet damage to book itself..

London: The Bodley Head, 1922. 4th Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth edition first printing octavo hardback xii + 256 pages Illustrated Lacks frontispiece otherwise 16 of the 17 plates are present Very Good condition No inscriptions.

London: The Bodley Head, 1951. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. First thus, combining two of Bell's earlier works. Well illustrated, with fold-out map, and in G+ clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Blue boards rather marked and faded to spine. 8vo. 334pp

John Lane, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16 Plates. X, 251 Pp + Ads At Rear. Orange Brown Cloth, Spine Gilt, Front Cover Stamped In Blind. Light Wear, No Marks, Gilt Bright.

John Lane Company, 12/31/1919 4:00:00 P. hardcover. Good. 1.3000 7.3000 4.8000.

John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1919. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page. Some pages uncut throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dents to front board edges. Wear marks overall.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head , 1921. Very Good Hardcover 1921 . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket.

London: Spring Books, 1966. 330pp + index, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Scar to front of jacket from old sticker removal, a couple of tiny edge tears. The 1951 volume combining Unknown London and More About Unknown London is brought 'up to date' with the addtion of 5 new chapters and 24 pages of illustrations.. New Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Spring Books. Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. 330pp + 6pp index, illustrated, bound in black cloth, with VG dustwrapper; Octavo .

Hardcover. Good.

New.

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926,. 1926. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, x,251,(6)pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, edges browned and some foxing, otherwise clean and sound, brown cloth, spine rubbed and dull, minor staining on board front edge, Good condition / no dustwrapper .