Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 119:
Description
25 Hardcover Antique and Vintage Books on London including The Plague and the Fire by James Leasor c. 1961, In Search of London by H.V. Morton c. 1951 1st Edition; London Through the Ages by F.W. Tickner c. 1935 1st Edition; London Revisited by E.V. Lucas c. 1916 2nd Edition; A Wanderer in London by E.V. Lucas c. 1911 10th edition; The Journalist’s London c.1952 1st Edition; Rambles in Old London by George Byron Gordon c. 1924; The Lost Treasures of London by William Kent c. 1947 1st Edition; The Streets of London Through the Centuries by Thomas Burke c. 1940; A History of London Life by R.J. Mitchell and M.D.R. Leys c. 1958 1st Edition; London by Walter Besant c. 1904; London for Everyman by William Kent c. 1947; Old London Buildings by Hugh Braun c. 1949 1st Edition; Touring London by W. Teignmouth Shore c. 1930 1st edition; Romantic London by Ralph Nevill c. 1928 1st Edition; Unknown London – Its Romance and Tragedy by A.T. Camden Pratt c. 1900(?); London Lives On by R.G. Burnett 1951 2nd Edition; Ease and Endurance by Robin Adair c. 1948 1st Edition; A History of London Life by R.J. Mitchell and M.D.R. Leys c. 1958 1st Edition; London by Robert Henrey with watercolors by Phyllis Ginger c. 1948 1st Edition in original dust jacket; The Early History of Piccadilly, Leicester Square and SoHo Their Neighborhood & by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford c. 1925 1st Edition; London – The Years of Change by Harold Priestley c. 1966 1st Edition; Literary and Historical Memorials of London by John Heneage Jesse c. 1900 No. 782 of 1000 de Luxe editions; Old London by G. Burford Rawlings c. 1926 1st Edition; and Royal London by Douglas Goldring c. 1935 1st Edition in original dust jacket. Combined lot measures approximately 14"x10"x14".
Condition: Condition – Good – Some volumes have light soiling and wear to covers. Some volumes may have light toning and/or foxing. Some dust jackets have small tears and wear to edges; Old London – loss to cover and spine, foxing to first and last few pages otherwise contents clean; Literary and Historical Memorials of London – damage to paper title label on spine. Cover soiled and worn on spine, flyleaf has tear; Piccadilly Leicester Square and Soho – cover soiled and stained, block edges soiled, end sheets have toning with light foxing throughout. Binding tight; Romantic London – loss to spine head; Old London Buildings – cover soiled, water stains. London (Besant) – faded cover and spine, loss to spine head, soiled cover and block edges; Streets of London – spine soiled with some areas of loss; Rambles in Old London – Cover has loss and staining, spine loss, contents clean; In Search of London – spine soiled, loss to foot of spine and front board. Please see photos.
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