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CHILTON BOOKS: Local History: : London
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Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Views of London.
Westminster: Wightman Mountain & Andrews Ltd, nd. (c.1910). 1st edition. 365 black and white photos of buildings, streets and people of London. 28.5cms x 22cms. Pp.80, black & white photos throughout. Red boards, gilt decorated title to front, bump to lower front corner tip, minor wear to lower edge. VG.
Chilton Books Professional sellerBook no.: 51815
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Catalogue: Local History: : London
Keywords: Three Hundred Sixty Five Vews 365 London Photographs People Buildings Transport Landmarks 53122 Local History: : London
London Beneath the Pavement.
London: Peter Davies, 1971. New, revised edition. An intriguing book about subterranean London, from pre-history to more recent times. It traces the fascinating development of the various services required to sustain a great community - water, drainage, power and communication, as well as revealing the soocial and often highly dramatic criminal life lived, day and night, below the surface of the capital city. Pp.280, 16 black & white illustrations. Blue boards, dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears. VG/G.
Chilton Books Professional sellerBook no.: 52268
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Catalogue: Local History: : London
Keywords: Harrison London Beneath Pavement History Archaeology Sewers Water Rivers Tunnels Trains Gas Electric Crypts Tombs Temples Dives Restaurants Shelters 53511 Local History: : London
The London Surveys of Ralph Treswell.
London: The London Topographical Society, 1987. 0902087258. 1st edition. The London Topographical Society Publication No.135. London before the Great Fire. "In the period 1585-1614 Treswell produced surveys of lands predominantly in London and the Home Counties for City of London institutions. This volume brings together his work in the City of London, Southwark and Westminster. Here will be found drawn and written descriptions of a large corpus of Elizabethan and Jacobean houses in the capital." 27.5cms x 21.5cms x 1.5cms. Pp.x/164, 11 plates and 57 figure illustrations. Illustrated stiff card covers, minor fading to top edges. VG.
Chilton Books Professional sellerBook no.: 51967
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Catalogue: Local History: : London
Keywords: Schofield London Surveys Ralph Treswell Topography Buildings Floor Plans Illustrated 53249 Local History: : London
Covent Garden & Soho. The Illustrated A-Z Historical Guide.
London: Historical Publications Ltd, 2009. 9781905286317. 1st edition. "Here are the stories behind the squares, streets, plaques and statues, the people and places at the historic heart of the capital's most colourful communities and the craftsmen and con-men, divas and drunks, spies, swindlers and speculators who made Soho inimitable and Covent Garden unforgettable." 23cms x 16.5cms. Pp.192, over 200 illustrations - many in colour, maps to inside covers. Paperback with fold-in flaps. VG.
Chilton Books Professional sellerBook no.: 46215
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Catalogue: Local History: : London
Keywords: Richard Sheila Tames Covent Garden Soho Illustrated a-Z Historical Guide Streets Squares Plaques Statues People Places London Music Murder Medicine Food Fashion Art Actors Architecture 47736 Local History: : London
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