Author: WELCH, CHARLES; PIKE, W. T.
Title: London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. By Charles Welch: Contemporary Biographies Edited by W. T. Pike. (Pike's New Century Series. No. 15).
Description: First Edition; Thick Roy. 4to; pp. 759; photographic frontispiece, text illustrated with more than 1500 b/w. photographs, index to biographies, index to illustrations, rebacked preserving the original gilt-decorated bevelled boards, matching morocco gilt-blocked spine, all edges gilt, turn-in with gilt stamped decoration, corners bumped and worn otherwise a very good clean sound copy. Brighton; W. T. Pike & Co. 19, Grand Prade; 1905. The first 96 pages as the book discusses the state of London at the turn of the 20th century; then the book transitions into a series of small biographies each illustrated with a portrait, over 1300 biographies in total.
Keywords: Biography England London History
Title: London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. By Charles Welch: Contemporary Biographies Edited by W. T. Pike. (Pike's New Century Series. No. 15).
Description: First Edition; Thick Roy. 4to; pp. 759; photographic frontispiece, text illustrated with more than 1500 b/w. photographs, index to biographies, index to illustrations, rebacked preserving the original gilt-decorated bevelled boards, matching morocco gilt-blocked spine, all edges gilt, turn-in with gilt stamped decoration, corners bumped and worn otherwise a very good clean sound copy. Brighton; W. T. Pike & Co. 19, Grand Prade; 1905. The first 96 pages as the book discusses the state of London at the turn of the 20th century; then the book transitions into a series of small biographies each illustrated with a portrait, over 1300 biographies in total.
Keywords: Biography England London History
Price: AUD 1750.00 = appr. US$ 1210.77 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 125568
- Book number: 125568