(LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL)

Some Interesting Facts & Figures About the Council's Service, 1951

London, Howard Roberts, Clerk of the Council. 1951, Not Given. Soft cover. Book, Booklet; 48pages, photographic plates; card covers. Mention of Festival of Britain. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000115

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Social History, Local Government, London Politics, Economics, Social Studies

ANONYMOUS

Chelsea, past and present

Chelsea (London), Wheeler and Atkins. 9999, Not Known. Soft cover, 4" x 6.5". Book, Booklet, 32pp, text & advts; With the Compliments of Wheeler and Atkins, Chartered Surveyors. Several illustrations; street plan of Chelsea showing location of Messrs. Wheeler and Atkins offices. Staples rusted and coming away from wrapper which is split half way up spine; wrappers rather sld. & mkd, but nice little item with advts. for a number of local firms. Appears to be c. 1900. Card covers. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000638

Catalogue: London

Keywords: London, Local History, Advertising, Ephemera Local History Ephemera

ANONYMOUS

Nell Gwyn of Old Drury

London, Sisley's. 9999, Not Known. Cloth, 2 3/4 " x 4 1/2". Book, "Miniature Memoirs" series; Sisley's Ld, "Makers of Beautiful Books".64pp. Dec. endpapers illus. 4 portraits. Gilt coat of arms on front cover. pencil notes on rear endpaper, few pencil marks in margin; worn, generally good. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000076

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Biography Miniature Performing Arts: Theatre, Music, Dance, Cinema, &C Biography

ANONYMOUS

Picasso

London, The Arts Council of Great Britain. 1960, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, At the Tate Gallery, 6th July to 18th September.Intro. Roland Penrose. Blue pictorial paper wrappers, col. frontispiece, b/w plates. Spine worn, frayed, small piece missing at bottom. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000720

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Art, Exhibition Catalogue Art

NO AUTHOR

Ancient Order of Hibernians, Programme of Fifth Annual St. Patrick's Grand Irish National Concert

London, Not Known. 1920, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, 8 pages in green wrappers. Advts, note on A.O.H. programme of concert, lyrics of A Nation Once Again, announcement of pilgrimage to Turin. Concert held at Kingsway Hall, London on 17th March 1920. Covers rather faded but pretty good for a rather flimsy item. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000681

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Ireland, Ephemera Social History Irish Interest Ephemera

NO AUTHOR

The King's Pictures

London, Royal Academy of Arts & Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1946, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, An illustrated souvenir of the exhibition of the King's pictures at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1946-47. Paper covers. B/w plts. Spine worn, 1" split at top; slight discoloration page edges. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000718

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Art, Exhibition Catalogue Art

NO AUTHOR

My Fair Lady - Programme, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

London, Not Known. 9999, Not Given. Soft cover. Book, Programme for My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, probably 1959/1960. Alec Clunes (Martin Clunes' father), Anne Rogers, James Hayter, Zena Dare, Hugh Paddick, Leonard Weir. Small piece missing from front cover, corner slightly creased. Adverts. Original production but second cast. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003759

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Theatre Drama Musical George Bernard Shaw Ephemera Performing Arts: Theatre, Music, Dance, Cinema, &C Ephemera

RICHARD BARBER

Samuel Pepys Esq.

London, National Portrait Gallery / G. Bell & Sons. 1970, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Catalogue of an exhibition designed by Julia Trevelyan Oman, covering the years of Pepys' diary; numerous colour & b/w illustrations. Paperback, 8.25ins square. Spine & corners worn, front cover faded, internal hinges a bit weak, crease to front cover. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003432

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Art, History, Portraiture, Painting, Biography Catalogue Exhibition Gallery Art Biography

HECTOR BOLITHO (EDITOR)

A Batsford Century, the Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling, 1843-1943

London and Malvern Wells, Worcs. B. T. Batsford. 1944, Second Impression, with Corrections. Hardcover. Book, Slight damp damage to rear board, dustwrapper rather faded, frayed and torn. Numerous illustrations. Good/Fairly Good.

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Book number: 005124

Catalogue: London

Keywords: History Publishing Books London England Politics, Economics, Social Studies

ROBERT WOODGER BOWERS

Sketches of Southwark, Old and New

London, William Wesley & Son. 1902, Second Edition, Enlarged. Hardcover. Book, Front hinge cracking, has been mended with tape, but still cracked in prelims; a few pages are loose here and there. Not quite sure if the prelims are as they should be, as there is no numbering. half-title, title page, plate with text on grant of arms to the borough, frontispiece portrait of author; foreword, preface to the second edition, two identical contents pages, then text starts on page 9. 594 nujmbered pages, then 2 unnumbered of supplemental index to second enlarged edition, then vii of index. There are numerous illustrations in the text, plus 23 plates and 10 folding plates that are not numbered. There is no list of illustrations. A few thumb marks, text block rather shaky, but text complete and basically clean. Dark green cloth with gilt titles, worn on edges. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Interesting history of the borough, with much personal reminiscence. Chapter on the beginning of the Cuming Museum. (Heavy - may require extra shipping to some locations). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004787

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Local History London Local History

ONE OF THE OLD BRIGADE

London in the Sixties

London, Everett & Co. 1914, Cheap Edition. Hardcover. Book, Anecdotes from the 1860s. Binding very worn, spine torn and rear hinge completely broken, stains on several pages, but complete. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006209

Catalogue: London

Keywords: History London History

ROBERT COLVILLE

London, the Northern Reaches

London, Robert Hale. 1951, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Green cloth rather faded, gilt decoration. Hampstead and Highgate, Holloway and St Pancras, Regent's Park, Primrose Hill, St. Marylebone and Willesden. The County Books. Illustrated from photos. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005272

Catalogue: London

Keywords: London Topography Local History Travel & Topography Local History

IAN COX

The South Bank Exhibition, a Guide to the Story it Tells

London, HMSO. 1951, Not Given. Soft cover. Book, Guide to the Festival of Britain exhibition. Coloured decorated paper covers, numerous illus and advts. Staples rusted, covers foxed, dusty; tear front cover, lower corners curled. contents pretty good. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000102

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Festival of Britain London History Local History

JANET DUNBAR

A Prospect of Richmond

London & New York, White Lion. 1973, Revised Edn. Hardcover. Book, Few small tears on price-clipped dustwrapper. Colour & b/w plates. Very Good/Fairly Good.

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Book number: 000068

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Local History Surrey Local History

EDITOR

The Antiquaries Journal

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. 1930, First Edition. Paper Covers, 6.5" x 10". Book, Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Vol. X No. 1, January 1930. Plts. & ills in text. Some fraying end of spine. Very Good.

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Book number: 001105

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Ancient History, Archaeology, Periodical, Academic History