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    By Sir Laurence Gomme; Philip Norman; W. Edward Riley
    London   The London County Council
    12" by 9" xv, [3], 205, [1pp]
    A study of the parish of St Giles in London, the first edition of this illustrated exploration of the area in Central London.
    By Sir Laurence Gomme; Philip Norman; W. Edward Riley

    1914 London County Council. Survey of London. The Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields

    London   The London County Council
    12" by 9" xv, [3], 205, [1pp]
    A study of the parish of St Giles in London, the first edition of this illustrated exploration of the area in Central London.
    £60.00
    : 2kgs / : 965P14
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    Description

    First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition.

    This is Volume V of the 'Survey of London' series. This series was under the general editorship Sir Laurence Gomme and Philip Norman.

    Part II only, of a total of two parts. 

    A detailed survey of the parish of St Giles in the Fields, an area in the London Borough of Camden, part of the West End, spilt today in the electoral wards of Bloomsbury and Holborn and Covent Garden. It was St Giles which was depicted in Hogarth's 'Gin Lane'.

    Illustrated with one folding map to the rear, four folding plates, and one-hundred and two plates. Collated, complete. 

    By W. Edward Riley, with historical notes by Sir Laurence Gomme.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Wraps are edge worn, with small chips and tears. Loss to the tail of the spine. Wraps are a little age-toned with light handling marks and spots. Small tidemark to the fore edge of the front wrap. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few scattered spots. Closed tears to the folding map.

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