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THE PANORAMA OF LONDON CIRCA 1544, BY ANTHONIS VAN DEN WYNGAERDE, ed. Howard Colvin & Susan Foister, London Topographical Society & Ashmolean Museum 1996; reproductions of the original pen and ink sketches; vi+46pp, including 16 full-page plates; oblong folio; orig. green cloth gilt, in very good, clean condition. £20
THE REGISTERS OF ST. STEPHEN’S, WALBROOK, AND OF ST. BENET SHEREHOG, LONDON, ed. W.B. Bannerman, 2 vols., Harleian Society, Vols. 49 & 50, 1919-20; Baptisms 1557-1860, Marriages 1557-1860, Burials 1547-1860; index of names, index of places; viii+168, viii+169-348pp; large 8vo; orig. gilt dec. brown cloth, firm copies. £48
PIGOT & CO’S DIRECTORY OF LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS, 1839, facsimile edn. of 1,750 copies, M. Winton, 1993; includes alphabetical directory and Addenda; folding map; 8vo; orig. card covers, lightly used. £22
THE LONDON POLL BOOK 1768, S.A. & M.J. Raymond, 1996; reproduced from the original; names arranged alphabetically within parishes; iv+116pp; 8vo; orig. pictorial card covers, virtually as new. £10
THE WESTMINSTER POLL BOOK 1774, S.A. & M.J. Raymond, 1996; reproduced from the original; v+152pp; 8vo; orig. pictorial card covers, virtually as new. £10.00
BOYLE’S FASHIONABLE COURT & COUNTRY GUIDE, AND TOWN VISITING DIRECTORY, CORRECTED FOR APRIL, 1871; “containing street and alphabetical arrangements of the names and places of abode, in town and country, of the nobility and gentry, &c. …”; lacks map of West End; includes advertisements (some illus.); xx+944pp; small 8vo; orig. gilt dec. red cloth, darkened and rubbed, hinges repaired, a firm copy, all edges gilt. £42
BOYLE’S FASHIONABLE COURT & COUNTRY GUIDE, AND TOWN VISITING DIRECTORY, CORRECTED FOR JANUARY, 1878; “containing street and alphabetical arrangements of the names and places of abode, in town and country, of the nobility and gentry …”; folding map of West End (torn on two folds without loss); advertisements (some illus.); xvi+926pp; small 8vo; orig. gilt dec. red cloth, rubbed and a little darkened, hinges strenthened, a firm copy, all edges gilt. £48
ROYAL BLUE BOOK COURT AND PARLIAMENTARY GUIDE, May edition, 1913, Kelly’s Directories Ltd.; including street directory and alphabetical directory; lacks the plan; advertisements (some illus.); iv+1654+12pp; small 8vo; orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, a little rubbed. £27
ROYAL BLUE BOOK COURT AND PARLIAMENTARY GUIDE, January edition, 1912, Kelly’s Directories Ltd.; including street directory and alphabetical directory; folding map of West London; advertisements (some illus.); iv+1652+12pp; small 8vo; orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, spine a little worn and darkened, lower hinge cracked. £45
WEBSTER’S ROYAL RED BOOK: INCORPORATING BOYLE’S COURT GUIDE AND FASHIONABLE REGISTER FOR MAY 1931, publ. A. Webster & Co.; including street guide, alphabetical list, theatre and entertainments guide (with theatre plans); cxxvii+780pp; small 8vo; an inkstamp on front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, darkened and rubbed, a little wear on upper hinge. £25
ABSTRACTS OF INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM FOR THE CITY OF LONDON RETURNED INTO THE COURT OF CHANCERY DURING THE TUDOR PERIOD, PART II: 4-19 ELIZABETH, 1561-1577, ed. S.J. Madge, British Record Society, Vol. 26, 1901; numerous abstracts in chronological arrangement; 8vo; orig. gilt dec. plum cloth, a good, firm copy. £15.00
THE HAMPSTEAD AND HIGHGATE DIRECTORY (“BUFF BOOK”) FOR 1885-6, reprinted, London Borough of Camden, 1985; adverts. (some illus.), xii+300pp; small 8vo; orig. cloth, dust-jacket, virtually as new. £10
INDEX TO TESTAMENTARY RECORDS IN THE COMMISSARY COURT OF LONDON (LONDON DIVISION) 1626-1649 & 1661-1700, Part I: A to G, ed. M. Fitch, British Record Society, Vol. 102, 1992; indexes; xviii+298pp; 8vo; orig. cloth. £16
Harleian Society, Parish Register Series; all large 8vo, orig. gilt dec. tan cloth, a few internal library marks and library classification no. in gilt on spines:
THE REGISTERS OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, in 5 vols., Vols. 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, 1906-09; C 1653-1752, C 1752-1837, M 1653-1837, B 1653-1752, B 1752-1853; five substantial volumes, an index to each; a generally sound set, but with a little wear, usually around spine, front free endpaper detached in first volume. £90
THE REGISTERS OF ST. BENE’T AND ST. PETER, PAUL’S WHARF, LONDON, in 4 Parts, Vols. 38, 39, 40, and 41, 1909-1912; CMB from commencement of registers to 1837; four substantial volumes, indexes to each; rubbed, hinges worn (some heavily), a reasonable working set. £60
THE REGISTER BOOK OF MARRIAGES BELONGING TO THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE, VOL. IV: 1824-1837, ed. G.J. Armytage, Vol. 24, 1897; index; 390pp; sound copy, spine a little darkened. £20
THE REGISTERS OF ALL HALLOWS, BREAD STREET, AND OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FRIDAY STREET, LONDON, Vol. 43, 1913; indexes; xix+303+viii+43pp; a sound copy, spine rubbed and darkened, contents a little dust marked. £18 |
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