Highways and byways in London / by Mrs. E.T. Cook ; with illustrations by Hugh Thomson and F.L. Griggs
1902, First Edition. London New York : Macmillan and Co., Limited ; The Macmillan Company. Provenance: book plate of Norman Tappenden. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Tears to cloth of spine, with text block coming away from spine. Very light foxing to prelims. Previous owner's signature to end papers. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #456621
Physical description; xiv, 480 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes index. Includes frontispiece illustration with guard sheet. Case bound in green cloth with title and illustrators in gold on front of upper board and title, author, and publisher in gold on spine. Series from list of volumes in "The highways & byways series" on 4 pages at end of volume in hand. Contents; Chapter I. Highways and byways -- Chapter II. The River -- Chapter III. Rambles in the City -- Chapter IV. St. Paul's and its Precincts -- Chapter V. The Tower -- Chapter VI. Southwark, old and new -- Chapter VII. The Inns of Court -- Chapter VIII. The East and the West -- Chapter IX. Westminster -- Chapter X. Kensington and Chelsea -- Chapter XI. Bloomsbury -- Chapter XII. Theatrical and foreign London -- Chapter XIII. London shops and markets -- Chapter XIV. The galleries, museums, and collections -- Chapter XV. Historic houses and their tenants -- Chapter XVI. Rus in urbe -- Chapter XVII. The ways of Londoners -- Chapter XVIII. The stones of London -- Index. Subjects; Travel. London (England) Description and travel. England London. Buildings. Edwardian period. Everyday life. Guides. Social history. Street life. Topography. Travelogue. Women.
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