Author: Sir John James Baddeley
Title: Cripplegate One of the Twenty-Six Wards of the City of London
Description: Not stated , Printed For Private Circulation , 1921. First edition. Cloth. The history of London's city walls and Cripplegate. The first edition.Very scarce. In the original publisher's cloth. This work explores the history of the Ward of Cripplegate, considered one of the most important boundaries within London. Cripplegate tells an important story of London from the people who lived there to the landscape and architectural features. This book was published in 1912 when Cripplegate was largely intact. Until the Second World War, this area was known as Cripplegate. During the Second World War, this area was largely destroyed during the Blitz and the the term fell out of colloquial speech. The text is accompanied by four plates and ninety eight vignettes. Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Externally smart. Fading to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to the first and last pages but generally, the pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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