London: the biography of a city
1969, 1st Edition. Harlow: Longmans. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #349633
ISBN: 0582107962
Physical description: xii, 290 pages, 49 plates illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color). 26 cm. Contents: 1. Roman London 61-457 -- 2. London in the early Middle Ages 604-1381 -- 3. London life in the fifteenth century 1381-1485 -- 4. Tudor London 1485-1603 -- 5. Noble speculators 1603-1665 -- 6. The great fire and the rebuilding of the city 1666-1710 -- 7. Fashionable London 1666-1703 -- 8. Pepys's London 1666-1703 -- 9. Georgian growth 1710-1783 -- 10. Memorials of the regency 1783-1830 -- 11. The London of Hogarth and Rowlandson 1720-1820 -- 12. "Confused treasures of iron and wilderness of brick" 1834-1886 -- 13. Mayhew's London 1840-1887 -- 14. Edwardian contrasts 1884-1914 -- 15. The growth of modern London 1918-1968. Subjects: London (England); Biography.
London (England) Guidebooks. London (England); Pictorial works.
London (England) Description and travel.
London (England) History.
Price: €18.00