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19678vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 8 plates on 6, and several illustrations (a number full-page) and full-page map in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE.
1928Roy. 8vo., on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 31 plates; original buckram gilt, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate, neat stamp on obverse of frontispiece and title, and neat stamp on margins only of some plates.
1994Roy. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. An important and impressive bibliography.
18958vo., First and Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 8 plates, 13 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding map; original pictorial cloth gilt, upper board blocked and ruled in blind, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a few small marks on lower board else a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION, INCORPRATING A COUPLET FROM BYRON, ON HALF-TITLE. With the nineteenth-century engraved pictorial bookplate of Mary Alice Crawley on front paste-down. This scarce work in the first dedicated history of one of London's most fashionable squares.
18838vo., First and Sole Edition, with folding map in pocket; cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy. Covers history, building, clergy, parish, trade history and customs of one of London's great pre-Fire City churches. Complete with the map which is almost always missing. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
18318vo., First and Sole Edition, endpapers very lightly spotted; attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco, straight-grain cloth boards ruled in gilt, back gilt extra with five raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, covers very lightly age-scuffed else a most attractive copy. Scarce, especially in this condition. Anderson, p.183.
1813Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with wood-engraved title-vignette, fine engraved armorial dedication, 6 engraved plates, folding pedigree, 11 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and several engraved head- and tail-pieces, wanting frontispiece, list of plates and folding map; contemporary boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, old calf backstrip laid down, a most attractive working or reference copy. THIS COPY IS BOUND WITHOUT THE FRONTISPIECE, LIST OF PLATES AND FOLDING MAP. The engraved illustrations are by Nesbitt of Chelsea. Anderson, p.175; Upcott, p. 600.
18904to., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, 14 illustrations in the text and 2 maps, preliminaries lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on title, child's pencilled scribble and drawings on endpapers; pictorial cloth, gilt back, bevelled edges, covers moderately age-marked and corners frayed else a good, sound copy.
19398vo., First Edition, with large folding frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates, illustrations in the text and large folding coloured map; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and with small loss at upper edge of front panel. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
18048vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece and engraved map, frontispiece lightly offset to title, map lightly offset to facing page, some light dust-soiling; original boards, faux-vellum back, uncut, expertly recased, boards mildly worn at extremities, covers and fore-edges dust-soiled else a bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. With the half-title, and errata leaf bound in at end. The frontispiece, engraved by Chesham, depicts 'Hampstead near the new Medicinal Springs'. The map, engraved by Neele, shows 'Hampstead with some of the Adjacent Villages, and surrounding Rides'. According the author's Address, publication of this work was delayed by some six months because Goodwin wished his experiments to be confirmed by George Pearson. The work is dedicated to Thomas Keate, Surgeon to the Queen and Prince of Wales. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Not in Anderson or Upcott, though Anderson records two earlier works on the medicinal waters, namely those of Soame (1734) and Bliss (1802).
19528vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with armorial title and 2 plates; original printed wrappers, title lightly spotted else a very good, crisp, clean copy. The author was sometime Clerk to the Gresham Committee.
19278vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text, endpapers and title faintly spotted; cloth, skilfully and neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good copy.
19318vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text and endpaper maps in green, neat signatures on front free endpaper; cloth blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt back, green top, backstrip mildly faded else a very good copy. Hugely entertaining account of the byways of London by the author of the famous 'London Family' trilogy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
19958vo., First Edition, with double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE EMINENT NAVAL HISTORIAN J H OWEN, WITH TWO LONG A.L.s LOOSELY INSERTED. SCARCE.
19208vo., Nineteenth Impression; original green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publishers advertisement at end. The first edition of Jenkins' classic appeared in 1916. Uncommon in anything like this condition.
19408vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly spotted; cloth, a very good, clean copy of a scarce work.
19514to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the test; pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. Collects forty evocative essays with charming illustrations.
19498vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 3 plates; original printed wrappers, covers lightly soiled else a good, clean copy. Includes short bibliography and several trade advertisements.
18068vo., First and Sole Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, some very light age-staining; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, wanting backstrip, joints weak but just sound, a very good, relatively clean binding copy. VERY SCARCE. Anderson, p.181; Upcott, XIV p.656.
18068vo., First and Sole Edition, with all 9 engraved plates BUT WANTING FOLDING MAP, some very light age-staining; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, wanting backstrip, joints weak but just sound, a very good, relatively clean binding copy. VERY SCARCE. Anderson, p. 181; Upcott, XIV, p.656.
19748vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
19728vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Ottley 12330.
18678vo., with illustrations in the text, neat signature on title; cloth, blocked in blind, gilt back, head and tail of backstrip worn else a sound copy. A useful collection, including 'The Chapter-House of Westminster' by Gilbert Scott and 'London and the Election of Stephen' by Green. Scarce.
18658vo., SOLE EDITION; original cloth, blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip faded, hinges very weak but just sound else a sound, clean copy of a very scarce work.
1911Large and elaborate coloured engraved plan measuring approx. 1270mm x 1010mm (50.0 ins x 39.75 ins), folding in 20 panels to approx. 320mm x 210mm (12.5 ins x 8.0 ins); housed in original printed cartridge envelope with self-sealing flap (short tear in flap), A REMARKABLY CLEAN, NEAR FINE COPY. This is an engraved and coloured plan of the Crystal Palace prepared for the intended sale at auction of the buildings and grounds in 1911 (see below). The retaining envelope is printed 'PLAN OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE 1851-1911. Solicitors: Messrs Janson Cobb, Pearson & Company, 22 College Hill, E.C.; Receiver and Manager: Mr. Ernest I Husey (Messrs Jackson, Pixley & Co., Chartered Accountants, 58 Coleman Street, E.C; Auctioneers: Mr. Howard Frank (Messrs Knight, Frank & Rutley), 20 Hanover Sq, London W; and Mr. John Roy Lancaster (Messrs Horne & Co), 85 Gresham Street, E.C.' The plan in well executed and colour-coded to indicate the various leases and tenancies involved. It shows the scale and local context of the magnificent building, together with its world-famous gardens and grounds, including the tiered sculptural terraces, the patios, and the renowned lakes and fountains. Key features such as the Flying Machine, the Maze, Brunel's Polygonal Water Towers, the Lower Lake area housing Waterhouse Hawkins' recreations of dinosaurs (still present today) and the Sports Grounds are clearly highlighted. HISTORICAL CONTEXT. After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was re-erected in a considerably enlarged form in 1854 at Sydenham in South London. During the next half century it continued as a major metropolitan tourist attraction attracting visitors from all over the world to marvel at the building, its contents and gardens, and to witness a wide variety of entertainment including music, acrobatics, circuses and fireworks. By the turn of the century, however, the novelty was wearing thin and the number of visitors declined to the point where in 1911 the Palace was declared bankrupt and placed in the hands of a receiver. 'On 28 November it was to be sold by auction, to be offered in one lot as a going concern. This was a fateful period in its history. There was grave danger that it would pass into the hands of the developers. Every jerry builder within striking distance was eager for the moment when he might be in a position to swoop down on the beautiful grounds and reduce them to terms of bricks and mortar. But that ultimate indignity was not to be. The Earl of Plymouth produced £230,000 to buy the Palace as a going concern; at the same time the Lord Mayor of London opened a fund to purchase the Crystal Palace for the nation, and to reimburse Lord Plymouth. This was completed in 1913 and the Crystal Palace was saved.' [A.R. Warwick: The Phoenix Suburb (1972)]. During the Great War the revitalised Palace served as a Royal Naval base (HMS VICTORY VI). At the end of hostilities it became for a short time the home of the Imperial War Museum and then reverted to tourism with exhibitions of early flying, pioneer television, dirt-track racing, music festivals, dog and cat shows, dancing and fireworks. In this way it continued until completely destroyed by the tragic fire of 30 November 1936 - the end of a great era. IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW MANY OF THESE ELABORATE PLANS WERE PRODUCED, BUT THE NUMBER CANNOT HAVE BEEN GREAT. GIVEN THAT £230,000 (VERY APPROXIMATELY £7M BY TODAY'S STANDARDS) WAS REQUIRED TO OBVIATE THE NEED FOR SALE, THE NUMBER OF INTENDING BIDDERS MUST HAVE BEEN FEW INDEED. IN ANY CASE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT MANY COPIES SURVIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS VIRTUALLY UNOPENED STATE COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. A DOCUMENT OF CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH LONDON, AND A VIVID REMINDER OF ONE OF LONDON'S GREATEST HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS.
