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British Topography
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1900 London and Its Environs: Handbook for TravellersLeipsic: 1900A smart twelfth revised edition of this illustrated travel guide to London from Baedeker, with numerous folding maps. -
1953 London A to ZLondon: 1953A smart first edition of this guide to the city of London from airports to zebra crossings the soft cover version. -
1972 The London Weavers' Company 1600-1970London; Boston: 1972A first edition of this illustrated history chronicling the oldest recorded Livery Company in the City of London, the Worshipful Company of Weavers, its people, governance, and ties to figures like Daniel Defoe. -
1902 History of The Smithfield Club 1798 to 1900London: 1902An smart first edition chronicling the history of the Smithfield Club under Edward VII, illustrated with plates throughout. -
1903 Boyle's Fashionable Court and Country Guide, and Town Visiting DirectoryLondon: 1903A smart 1903 Boyle's Court and Country Guide and directory, with a detailed folding map of London. -
c1930 Bacon's Up-to-Date Pocket Atlas of LondonEdinburgh: c1930A smart copy of this pocket atlas of London from American mapmaker and publisher G. W. Bacon. -
1948 Union Club: An Illustrated Descriptive Record of the oldest Members' Club in London, founded in circa 1799London: 1948A charming illustrated history of London’s oldest Union Club, founded in 1799, complete with its original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1924-1925 Rambles in Greater London & Through London's HighwaysLondon: 1924-1925A beautifully illustrated pair of London guides from the 'Beautiful England' series, with colour plates by Ernest Haslehust. -
1916 The A-B-C Guide to LondonLondon: 1916A very scarce copy of the complete edition of the A-B-C Guide to London, with a large folding map. -
1906 The Hackney Year Book 1906London: 1906A very scarce copy of this year book for the London borough of Hackney for the year 1906. -
1953 London Route Maps: Coronation Day June 2nd, 1953London: 1953A very scarce copy of this official route map for the city on London during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. -
1896 The History of the London Clubs. Or, the Citizens' PastimeLondon: 1896An exceptionally scarce limited reprint of Edward “Ned” Ward’s history of London's notorious 18th-century societies as the Lying, Thieves’, Beggars’, and Quacks’ Clubs. -
1934 2 Vols "Green Line" Strolls & RamblesLondon: 1934First edition two-volume set of “Green Line” Strolls & Rambles, richly illustrated and presenting detailed walking routes across the picturesque British countryside. -
1933 Tramping Round London: Forty-one Walks in London's Country Described in Detail With MapsLondon: 1933A charming first edition of this work, offering 41 richly described walks through London's surrounding countryside. -
c1960 "Geographia" Greater London AtlasLondon: c1960A smart copy of this richly detailed revised edition of Geographia’s Greater London Atlas, featuring 138 sectional maps. -
1843 Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its NeighbourhoodLondon: 1843A charming copy of George Mogridge's walks through London, published under his popularly used pen-name "Old Humphrey". -
c1930-1937 4vol A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to The Thames & A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to LondonLondon: c1930-1937A delightful set of topographical works regarding London and the River Thames, with folding maps and illustrations. -
1987-1989 2vol The Almshouses of London & London's HurricaneSouthampton; London: 1987-1989Two smart first edition volumes on the city of London, with illustrations throughout. -
c1920 14vol Lunch-Time Rambles in Old LondonLondon: c1920A delightful collection of fourteen volumes of these guides to short rambles and walks around the city of London, with illustrations. -
c1840 Map of the Environs of London Drawn and Arranged Under the Superintendence of the S.D.U.K.London: c1840A smart pocket-zed map of the environs of London presented by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. -
1853 Saunterings in and about LondonLondon: 1853The English edition of this travel narrative of the city of London from Hungarian-born German writer Max Schlesinger. -
1860 A Walk from London to FulhamLondon: 1860An illustrated copy of this historical account of the author's observations during a journey from London to Fulham. -
1927 London's CountrysideLondon: 1927A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on the countryside around London, with the scarce dust wrapper. -
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1858 Yseldon; A Perambulation of IslingtonLondon: 1858The first edition of this topographical work on Islington by Thomas Tomlins, with an inscription from the author, his bookplate, and a fantastic hand sketched drawing by his wife. -
1792-1796 The Environs of LondonLondon: 1792-1796The first edition of the first four volumes of Daniel Lysons' impressive topographical history of the areas surrounding London, with engraved plates throughout. -
1885 Literary Landmarks of LondonLondon: 1885A smart first edition literary guidebook to London, written by American essayist and critic Laurence Hutton. -
1889 The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsLondon: 1889A leather bound new edition of this illustrated work from English essayist and critic James Henry Leigh Hunt. -
1829 London and its Environs in the Nineteenth CenturyLondon: 1829Beautifully illustrated and charmingly bound, this is the first edition of Shepherd and Elmes' topographical work on London and its surrounding during the Industrial Revolution. -
1858-1860 Alltagsleben in London & Ein Herbst in WalesBerlin; Hanover: 1860Two very scarce travel works from German Jewish poet and author Julius Rodenberg, in the original German. -
1859 Gaslight and Daylight, with Some London Scenes They Shine UponLondon: 1859A scarce copy of George Augustus Sala's collection of descriptive essays on the people and streets of London. -
1914 A Wanderer in LondonLondon: 1914A leather bound seventeenth edition of this tour of London during the interwar period, with colour plates. -
1895 The Corporation Plate Insignia of Office of the Cities and Towns of England & WalesLondon: 1895The two volume first edition of Jewitt and Hope's impressive study of plate and regalia, illustrated with vignettes throughout and in the very scarce original dust wrappers. -
c1906 Mr. Punch's Life in LondonLondon: c1906A smart collection of humorous illustrated scenes exploring London life in the late nineteenth century, from Punch. -
1932 My Secret LondonLondon: 1932A very scarce first edition of this detailed travel guidebook of interwar period London, from Maud Bigge. -
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1974 Great Livery Companies of the City of LondonLondon: 1974A smart first edition of Dennis Flanders’ finely illustrated survey of the Great Twelve Livery Companies, signed by the author. -
1910 Relics and Memorials of London CityLondon: 1910A richly illustrated first edition of this work, capturing London’s vanishing City in sixty-four charming colour plates by James S. Ogilvy.