Local History

  1. Kelly’s Directory of Bromley including Hayes and Keston, 1960. London: Kelly’s Directories, 1960. 616pp. All pp somewhat tanned, particularly on margins. Card covers a little rubbed on edges annd corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5890) £45.00
  1. Kelly’s Post Office Directory map of London, 1935 London: Kelly’s Directories, 1935. Red cloth folder with gilt lettering and four paper maps in two pockets. Maps are fine, the folder has some dust marks but, otherwise in fine condition. (Stock ref 7626) £50.00
  1. The Gelligaer Story. Hengoed: Gelligaer Urban District Council, 1960. 2nd impression. 115pp. B/w photos., fold-out map. D/w rather faded and slightly rubbed on edes and cotners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5709) £10.00
  1. Dunbar, Janet.: A Prospect of Richmond. London: Michael Joseph, 1979. 2nd. revised edn. 224pp. Cold. frontis., 31 b/w illus. Price-clipped d/w a little rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 4390) £5.00
  1. Abbott, Peter & The Anerley Writers’ Circle.: The Book of Penge, Anerley and Crystal Palace: the community past, present and future. Tiverton: Halsgrove, 2002. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous b/w illus. Inscribed by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7872) £50.00
  1. Ackroyd, Peter.: London: the biography. London: Chatto & Windus, 2000. 1st. edn. xxiii, 822pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., maps. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7545) £10.00
  1. Ackroyd, Peter.: Thames: sacred River. London: Chatto & Windus, 2007. 1st. edn. xxi, 490pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., maps. All pp very slightly tanned on edges otherwise a fine copy in the d/w. (Stock ref 7438) £10.00
  1. Alcock, Joan P.: Sydenham and Forest Hill: history and guide. Stroud: The History Press, 2011. Revised reprint. 128pp. Cold. and b/w illus. Pictorial card covers very slightly dust marked and a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8088) £12.00
  1. Alcock, Joan.: London Inn Signs. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2007. 1st. edn. 188pp. Numerous b/w photos. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4782) £4.00
  1. Alexander, William G. G.: A Farming Century: the Darent Valley 1892-1992. London: Quiller Press, 1991. 1st. edn. 176pp. Numerous b/w photos. and other illus. Author’s signature to ffep. D/w (and boards) a little bummped on top corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6254) £6.00
  1. Alford, Stephen.: London’s Triumph: merchant adventurers and the Tudor city. London: Allen Lane, 2017. 1st. edn. xx,316pp. Cold. illus., maps. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w slightly creased and rubbed at spine head and tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7070) £8.00
  1. Arlott, John.: The Snuff Shop London: Michael Joseph, 1974. 1st. edn. 61pp. Cold. frontis and b/w illus. by Ray Evans. Foreword by Kingsley Amis. Signed by the author on ffep. The history of Meassrs.Fribourg and Freyer of Haymarket. Blue leatherette gilt boards (no d/w issued) slightly bumped on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3275) £25.00
  1. Arnold, Catharine.: Necropolis: London and its dead. London: Simon & Schuster, 2006. 2nd. impression. (14)304pp. B/w illus., map. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5497) £5.00
  1. Ascoli, David.: A Village in Chelsea: an informal account of the Royal Hospital. London: William Luscombe, 1974. 1st. edn. 224pp. B/w illus. Neat ownership signature and date to ffep. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4421) £5.00
  1. Baddeley, John James.: The Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward from AD1276 to AD1900: together with some account of the office of Alderman, Alderman’s Deputy and Common Councilman of the City of London. London: J. J. Baddeley, 1900. 1st. edn. viii, 255pp. B/w illus. Inscribed by the author. Red cloth gilt a little rubbed on edges and faded on spine otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3279) £25.00
  1. Baker, T. M. M.: London: rebuidling the City after the Great Fire. Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 2000. 1st. edn. xii,195pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6895) £15.00
  1. Barker, Felix & Hyde, Ralph: London: as it might have been London: John Murray, 1982 1st. edn. 223 pp. More than 150 b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5503) £25.00
  1. Barker, Felix & Silvester-Carr, Denise.: The Black Plaque Guide to London. London: Constable & Co., 1987. 1st. edn. 344pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6982) £6.50
  1. Bastable, Jonathan.: Inside Pepys’ London. Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1st. edn. 351pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6900) £8.00
  1. Bayliss, Derek A.: Retracing the First Public Railway. Croydon: Living History Publications, 1981. 1st. edn. 80pp. B/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7930) £15.00
  1. Beasley, John D.: East Dulwich Remembered. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2002. 1st. edn. 128pp. Many b/w photos. One of the Changing Times series. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on corners and very slightly creased on back panel otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7696) £12.00
  1. Beasley, John D.: East Dulwich Through Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2009. 1st. edn. 96pp. Cold. and b/w photos. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7588) £12.00
  1. Beasley, John D.: Peckham and Nunhead. Stroud: Chalford Publishing Co., 1995. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Archive Photographs series. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners and very lightly scratched on both panels but, internally, clean and sound. (Stock ref 7730) £10.00
  1. Beaver, Patrick: The Crystal Palace London: Hugh Evelyn, 1977 Reprint. 151 pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7944) £18.00
  1. Bennett, Alfred Rosling.: London and Londoners in the Eighteen-Fifties and Sixties. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1924. 1st. edn. 371pp. 12 b/w plates. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4206) £20.00
  1. Bennett, Eric.: The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights of the City of London 1670-1970. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970. 1st. edn. 171pp. Cold. frontis., b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6389) £6.50
  1. Besant, G. S.:: London Bridge. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1927. 1st. edn. 191pp. B/w frontis. Brown paper-covered boards with red lettering, a trifle rubbed on corners. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3192) £4.00
  1. Besant, Sir Walter: The Thames London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903 1st edn. viii, 136 pp. B/w frontis and one fold-out map. One of The Fascination of London series.Three ownership signatures to half title. Teg. Green cloth gilt slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 2104) £10.00
  1. Besant, Walter.: Westminster. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. New edn. xx,312pp plus 32pp publisher’s list. Many b/w illus. Both inner hinges cracked. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and red decoration to spine, bumped and rubbed on edges and spine with some fraying at spine head and tail. Otherwise, a clean sound copy. (Stock ref 6263) £6.00
  1. Birchenough, Edwyn & Josephine:: Two Old Lee Houses: Dacre House and Lee House. London: London Borough of Lewisham, 1968. 1st. edn.(8)123, ivpp. Map. Stapled paper wraps with Dewey classification no. on front panel and a crease in back panel. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3120) £0.00
  1. Blake, A. H.: London Cameos. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1930. 1st. edn. 255pp. Over 100 b/w photos. D/w a little rubbed and worn on edges and corners with several very small, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7093) £10.00
  1. Blake, Lewis.: Bromley in the Front Line. Bromley: Lewis Blake, 1980. 1st. edn. Unpaginated (88pp). Many b/w photos. Stapled booklet, staples rather rusty. Pictorial card covers a little dust marked and slightly stained on back panel. Otherwise, a very good copy. (Stock ref 6404) £10.00
  1. Blake, Lewis.: Bromley in the Front Line: the story of the London Borough of Bromley under enemy air attack in the Second World War Bromley: The Author, 1980. 1st. edn. unpaginated (88pp). Numerous b/w photos. Stapled pictorial card covers a little dust marked otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8043) £10.00
  1. Blake, Lewis.: Red Alert: south east London, 1939-45. Bromley: Lewis Blake, 1982. 1st. edn. v,106pp. Numerous b/w photos., maps. Pictorial card covers a little faded on spine and very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7590) £20.00
  1. Blake, Lewis:: Before the War: a portrait of Bromley & district 1929-1939. Bromley: Published by the Author, 1985. 1st. edn. iv, 119pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers. A fine copy. (Stock ref 3140) £6.50
  1. Blanch, William Harnett.: Ye Parish of Camberwell: a brief account of the parish of Camberwell, its history and antiquities. London: E. W. Allen, 1875. 1st. edn. xvi,486(2)cviii,6pp. 88 b/w illus. Neat ownership signature to front pastedown and a small gift inscription to half-title. Probable rebind in plain black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Inner hinges slightly cracked. Boards slightly bumped and rubbed on corners. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 7747) £70.00
  1. Boast, Mary.: The Story of Dulwich. London: London Borough of Southwark, 1990. Revised and enlarged edn. 36pp. Text figures, fold-out map. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6509) £6.50
  1. Boast, Mary.: The Story of Walworth. London: The London Borough of Southwark, 1993. New edn. (4)77pp. B/w illus., fold-out map. Neighbourhood History No.4. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5938) £6.50
  1. Borrowman, Robert.: Beckenham Past and Present. Beckenham: T. W. Thornton, 1910. 1st. edn. xviii, 307pp. Three cold. and numerous b/w illus. T.e.g. Dated ownership name and addressto half-title. Blue cloth gilt a trifle rubbed on edges and bottom corners very slightly bumped otherwise a very good, clean copy of this scarce title. (Stock ref 7311) £175.00
  1. Briggs, Martin S.: Middlesex Old and New. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1934. 1st. edn. 312 pp. Numerous line drawings by the author. Some foxing throughout particularly on edges. Blue cloth gilt boards showing a little shelf wear otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3721) £6.00
  1. Brindle, Steven & Grady, Damian.: Shot From Above: aerial aspects of London. Swindon: English Heritage, 2007. 1st. edn. 304pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6728) £10.00
  1. Cameron, Robert & Cooke, Alistair.: Above London. London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 1st. edn. 159pp. Numerous cold. photos. D/w a trifle dust marked and rubbed on edges with some very minor loss at spine tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7076) £12.00
  1. Carr, R. J. M (ed.): Dockland: an illustrated historical survey of life and work in East London. London: North East London Polytechnic/Greater London Council, 1986. 1st. edn. 304pp. Numerous b/w photos., maps and plans. Laminated pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6428) £7.50
  1. Chapman, Geoff & Young, Bob.: Box Hill Lyme Regis: Serendip Fine Books, 1979. 1st. edn. 165pp. Cold. frontis., cold. and b/w photos., text figures, map. D/w a little rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7330) £10.00
  1. Charlesworth, Tim.: The Architecture of Peckham. London: Chener Books, 1988. 1st. edn. 67pp. B/w photos., maps. Pictorial card covers a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5932) £15.00
  1. Chettle, George H.: The Queen’s House, Greenwich London: London Survey Committee and the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum, 1937 1st. edn. 124 pp. Cold. frontis. and 87 b/w plates, text figures. The fourteenth monograph of the London Survey Committee. Card covers rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7425) £20.00
  1. Clarke, Gerald.: The Book of Thame. Buckingham: Barracuda Books, 1978. 1st. edn. 156pp. Many b/w illus., maps. Boards bumped at spine tail. D/w slightly faded on spine, rubbed on edges and corners and a small, closed tear at spine head. Otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5947) £20.00
  1. Clayton, Antony.: London’s Coffee Houses: a stimulating story. London: Historical Publications, 2003. 1st. edn. 192pp. Numerous b/w illus. Binding very slightly cocked and d/w slightly creased on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6898) £9.00
  1. Clegg, A. Lindsay.: A History of Dorchester, Dorset. London: The Research Publishing Co., 1972. 1st. edn. 175pp. B/w photos., plan. D/w dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7295) £8.00
  1. Coldicott, Diana K.: A Long Sutton Miscellany. London: The Author, 1979. 1st. edn. (10)106pp. B/w photos., map. Inscribed by the author on half-title. Pictorial card covers a trifle dust marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5948) £15.00
  1. Cole, Emily (ed.).: Lived In London: Blue Plaques and the stories behind them. London: Yale University Press and English Heritage, 2013. Reprint. xviii, 637pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., maps. Foreword by Stephen Fry. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6896) £25.00
  1. Coombs, Leonard C.: Ickham: the friendly village. Ickham: The Author, 1978. 1st. edn. 220pp. Many b/w illus. by L. Charles Burnand. Signed by the author on title page. Binding slightly cocked. Pictorial paper covers a little dust marked, a paper-clip stain and with strengthened inner front hinge. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5943) £25.00
  1. Cooper, Michael.: “A More Beautiful City”: Robert Hooke and the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2003. 1st. edn. viii,271pp. 83 b/w illus. D/w a trifle faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6845) £10.00
  1. Copeland, H. Rob.: 100 years of Change in Beckenham, 1874–1974. Beckenham: The Author, 1974. 1st. edn. 24pp. B/w photos. A souvenir brochure to celebrate the centennary of H. Copeland & Son Ltd. Card covers with some light dust marking otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5907) £6.00
  1. Copeland, H. Rob.: The Village of Old Beckenham. Beckenham: The Beckenham Press, 1987. 1st. edn. 56pp. B/w and sepia illus., maps. Signed by the author. Pictorial carde covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5910) £10.00
  1. Copeland, H. Rob.: The Village of Old Beckenham. Beckenham: The Author, 1970. 2nd. edn., revised and extended. (3)61pp. B/w illus., maps. Epp. tape stained. Blue card covers somewhat faded and very slightly bumped on bottome corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8041) £20.00
  1. Coulter, John: Sydenham and Forest Hill Past London: Historical Publications, 1999 1st edn. 144 pp. Numerous b/w photos. and text figures. D/w slightly creased along top edge of front panel with a closed tear at the top of the front fold-in otherwise a clean, sopund copy. (Stock ref 7704) £14.00
  1. Coulter, John & Olley, Barry.: Lewisham Stroud: Chalford Publishing, 1995. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Archive Photographs series. Pictorial card covers lightly creased and slightly faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6426) £7.50
  1. Coulter, John & Seaman, John.: Sydenham and Forest Hill. Bath: Alan Sutton,1994 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. Laminated pictorial card covers very slightly scratched otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8054) £14.00
  1. Coulter, John.: Lewisham and Deptford : a second selection. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1992. 1st. edn. 159pp. Numerous b/w photos. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6171) £7.50
  1. Coulter, John.: Lewisham and Deptford in Old Photographs. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1990. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous b/w photos. Gift inscription to half-title. Pictorial card covers creased and rubbed otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5582) £6.00
  1. Coulter, John.: Lewisham and Deptford in Old Photographs. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1990. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous b/w photos. Pictorial card covers very slightly creased at bottom corner of front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7273) £6.00
  1. Coulter, John.: Lewisham and Deptford, a third selection. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1997. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Britain in Old Photographs series. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7302) £7.50
  1. Coulter, John.: Lewisham and Deptford: a third selection. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1997. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. Small ownership label to inside front cover. Pictorial card covers just showing a little shelf wear otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4162) £10.00
  1. Coulter, John.: Lewisham: history and guide. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1994. 1st. edn. vi, 120pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers slightly creased and rubbed on edges. A very good copy. (Stock ref 6918) £8.50
  1. Coulter, John.: Norwood Past. London: Historical Publications, 1996. 1st. edn. 144pp. Numerous b/w photos. and other b/w illus. Neat gift inscription to front pastedown. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7943) £18.00
  1. Coulter, John.: Norwood. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2002. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Britain in Old Photographs series. Pictorial laminated boards (no d/w issued), a fine copy. (Stock ref 6616) £10.00
  1. Cowling, Geoffrey C.: The History of Easingwold and the Forest of Galtres. Huddersfield: The Advertiser Press, nd (c1972). Reprint (d/w price £2.10). 210pp. B/w illus., map of Galtres Forest laid in. D/w slightly dust marked otherwise a very goo9d copy. (Stock ref 5945) £10.00
  1. Croad, Stephen.: London’s Bridges. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1983 1st. edn. unpaginated, Numerous b/w b/w photos., map. Pictorial card covers rubbed on corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3274) £5.00
  1. Croad, Stephen:: Liquid History: the Thames through time. London: B. T. Batsford, 2003. 6th. impression. 208pp. numerous b/w photos., map. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on spine and back panel otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6032) £7.00
  1. Currie, Ian.: Frosts, Freezes and Fairs: chronicles of the frozen Thames and harsh winters in Britain since 1000AD. Coulsdon: Frosted Earth, 1996. 1st. edn. 90pp. Numerous b/w illus. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3272) £5.00
  1. Daly, Augustus A.: The History of the Isle of Sheppey: from the Roman occupation to the reign of His Gracious Majesty King Edward VII London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1904. 1st. edn.vii(2) 297pp. 90 b/w illus by J. James Proctor. Recently rebound in 1/2 green calf over marbled paper boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Internally very clean and sound. (Stock ref 6002) £130.00
  1. Dance, G. W.: Bygone Bromley and District. Chatham: John Hallewell Publications, 1980. 1st. edn. 64pp. Numerous b/w photos. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges othjerwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3411) £3.00
  1. Darby, Madge.: Waeppa’s People: a history of Wapping. Colchester: Connor & Butler, 1988. 1st. edn. 88pp. B/w photos. and drawings. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6901) £15.00
  1. Darby, William:: Dulwich Discovered. London: Published by the Author, 1966. 1st. edn. 62pp. B/w iilus., maps. Minore tape stains to half-title and title pp.Pictorial card covers, a very good copy copy. (Stock ref 7694) £5.00
  1. Darlington, Ida & Howgego, James.: Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850. London: George Philip & Son, 1964. 1st. edn. ix, 254pp. 16 b/w plates and two text figures. D/w rather rubbed and worn on edges with several tiny tears otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3811) £25.00
  1. Davies, Andrew.: The Map of London From 1746 to the Present Day. Lonson: B. T. Batsford, 1987. Reprint. (6)106pp. B/w illus. Neat gift inscription to fep. Price-clipped d/w very slightly rubbed on edges,a very good copy. (Stock ref 6889) £6.00
  1. Davies, Philip.: Lost England 1870-1930. Croxley Green: Atlantic Publishing, 2016. 1st. edn. 560pp. 1,200 b/w photos. D/w with a tiny nick in top edge of back panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6892) £25.00
  1. Davies, Philip.: Lost London 1870-1945. Croxley Green: Transatlantic Press, 2009. 1st. edn. 368pp. Over 500 b/w photos. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6891) £25.00
  1. Davies, Philip.: Panoramas of Lost London: work, wealth. poverty and change 1870-1945. Croxley Green: Transatlantic Press, 2011. 1st. edn. 320pp. Numerous b/w photos. Foreword by Dan Cruikshank. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7075) £30.00
  1. Dickens, Charles.: Dickens’s Dictionary of London, 1885 London: Macmillan & Co., 1885. 7th edn. 314pp. Maps. Decorated cloth boards a trifle bumped on corners with some farying to spine head and tail and a small piece missing from spine. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 4208) £30.00
  1. Drury, Elizabeth & Lewis, Philippa.: Forgotten London: a picture of life in the 1920s. London: Batsford, 2011. 1st. edn. 240pp. Numerous sepia photos. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6435) £8.00
  1. Dunn, Sheila.: The Theatres of Bromley: a century of theatre in Bromley. London: Lanthorn Publishing, 1984. 1st. edn. 82pp. Numerous b/w photos. and other b/w illus. Bookplate of Kent County Library to front pastedown, ffep removed and an accession no. to title page verso otherwise no other library marks. D/w rather rubbed and worn on edges and corners with three small, closed tears in top edge and some staining to front panel. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 6997) £30.00
  1. Dutt, W. A.: The Little Guides: Norfolk. London: Methuen & Co., 1949. 9th. edn. xii, 188pp. Numerous b/w photos., fold-out map. Revised by E. T. Long. dated ownership signature to ffep. Price-clipped d/w (by Brian Cook) rather chipped and worn on edges with some minor loss at spine head and tail. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4768) £8.00
  1. Edwards, Alison & Wyncoll, Keith.: “The Crystal Palace is on Fire!”: memories of the 30th. November 1936. London: The Crystal Palace Foundation, 1992. 2nd. edn. 59pp. Numerous b/w photos. Signed by one of the authors. Stapled binding. Laminated, pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7047) £20.00
  1. Edwards, Alison, Scott, Pat & Pulfer, Eileen (eds.): The Perfect Playground: childhood memories of the Crystal Palace. London: The Crystal Palace Foundation, 1990. 1st. edn. 59pp. Numerous b/w photos. Pictorial, laminated card covers in need of re-stapling otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7048) £15.00
  1. Edwards, Dennis and Pigram, Ron.: London’s Underground Suburbs. London: Godfrey Cave Associates, 1988. New edn. 137pp. Many b/w photos. D/w a little dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6351) £7.50
  1. Edwards, Marjorie.: Up the Cally: the history and recollections of London’s Old Caledoniam Market. London: Marketprompt, 1989. 1st. edn. 117pp. b/w illus. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed and creased on edges otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4558) £7.50
  1. Ellmers, Chris & Werner, Alex: London’s Lost Riverscape: a photographic panorama London: Viking, 1988 3rd. impression. 124 pp. Numerous b/w photos. Introduction by Gavin Stamp. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7073) £15.00
  1. Evans, Nesta et al.: Looking Back at Fressingfield. Fressingfield: Workers’ Educational Association, 1979. 1st. edn. (2)81pp. B/w photos. Pictorial card covers (with plastic spine grip) a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otrherwise a very clean copy (Stock ref 5946) £20.00
  1. Finch, Simon.: Beckenham and West Wickham. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 1999. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6613) £6.00
  1. Franklin, Jacky et al.: The London Borough of Greenwich. Stroud: Sutton Publishing for Greenwich Community College, 1997. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. and other illus. One of the Britain in Old Photographs series. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5574) £9.00
  1. Gale, John.: The Crystal Palace High Level Railway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press, 2011. 1st. edn. 116pp. Numerous b/w photos., maps. Laminated pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7932) £25.00
  1. Gardner, Arthur.: Britain’s Mountain Heritage: and its preservation as National Parks. London: B. T. Batsford, 1942. 2nd. edn. xii, 51pp. 128 b/w photos., fold-out map. Brian Cook d/w slightly tanned on spine which has some faily minor loss and several small, closed tears. Otherwise, a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4917) £6.00
  1. George, Ken.: Two Sixpennies Please: Lewishan’s early cinemas. London: Lewisham Local History Society, 1996. Reprint. xi, 94pp. B/w illus. Some very slight paper damage to edge of half-title. Pictorial card covers slightly faded on spine and adjoining areas otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4797) £12.00
  1. George, M. Dorothy.: London Life in the Eighteenth Century. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1966. 1st. P/B edn. 457pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. A Peregrine book. Some underlinings in pencil. Pictorial card covers rather rubbed on edges and corners, spine darkened. A good reading copy. (Stock ref 3253) £3.00
  1. Gibson, Peter.: The Capital Companion: a street-by-street guide to London and its inhabitants. Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1985. 1st. edn. 446pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3259) £5.00
  1. Goodman, Michael.: The Story of St. Stephen’s Church, South Dulwich: a beacon in times of peace and war. London: The Author, 2007. 1st. edn. 64pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6552) £5.00
  1. Gould, Lieutenant-Colonel J. A.: A Short History of the 19th County of London (S.S. Gas Coy.) Bn. Home Guard. London: South Suburban Gas Company, nd (c1946). 1st. edn. vi, 63 pp. B/w photos. Card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5360) £10.00
  1. Gower, Marion:: Balham: pictures from postcards, 1900-1925. London: Published by the Author, 1986, 1st. edn. 30pp. 116 sepia illus.from cards plus one map. Stapled pictorial card covers a trifle faded at bottom of front panel and with a small tear also in bottom edge of front panel otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3127) £4.50
  1. Grant, James.: Sketches in London. London: W. S. Orr & Co., 1838. 1st. edn. viii,408pp. 24 humourous illus. by Phiz et al. Small, neat ownership signature to ffep. Publisher’s brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, rebacked with original spine laid on. Cloth slightly faded and stained with some rubbing to edges and corners. Otrherwise , a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6120) £90.00
  1. Green, Brian.: To Read and Sew….: James Allen’s Girls’ School 1741-1991 London: The Governers, James Allen’s Girls’ School,1991 1st. edn. 146pp. Many b/w illus. Binding slightly cocked. Laminated pictorial card covers a trifel dudt marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6778) £10.00
  1. Greeves, Ivan S.: London Docks 1800-1980: a civil engineering history London: Thomas Telford, 1980. 1st. edn. 155pp. Many b/w photos. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwiase a fine copy. (Stock ref 7287) £8.00
  1. Gregory, R. R. C.: The Sory of Royal Eltham. Wltham: Kentish District Times, 1909. 1st. edn. (12)348pp. Many b/w photos. and line drawings. 12 picture postcards of local views glued to epp. Ownership signatures to ffep and half title. some pencil annotations. All pp slightly tanned. Blue cloth gilt boards rather rubbed on edges and bumped on corners but overall a clean and sound copy. (Stock ref 4775) £65.00
  1. Grenade, L.: The Singularities of London, 1578. London: The London Topographical Society, 2014. 1st. edn. viii, 288pp. Cold. and b/w illus. Translated from the original French manuscript. Edited by Derek Keene and Ian W. Archer with the assistance of Emma Pauncefoot and Ann Saunders. (Stock ref 4611) £15.00
  1. Halliday, Stephen.: Making the Metropolis: creators of Victoria’s London. Derby: Breedon Books, 2003. 1st. edn. 199pp. Numerous b//w illus. D/w very slightly creased along edges otherwise va fine copy. (Stock ref 6848) £8.00
  1. Halliday, Stephen.: The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the cleansing of the Victorian metropolis. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1999. 1st. edn. xiv,210pp. Many cold. and b/w illus., maps. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6994) £8.00
  1. Hamilton, Olive & Nigel:: Royal Greenwich: a guide to London’s most historic borough. London; The Greenwich Bookshop, 1969. 2nd. impression. xii, 267pp. Numerous b/w illus. Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant. No d/w issued. Pictorial paper-covered boards (design by John Bratby) a trifle tanned and dust-marked otherwise a very clean copy. (Stock ref 6911) £8.00
  1. Hammond, Audrey & Dann, Brian:: Crystal Palace – Norwood Heights: a pictorial record. London: Crystal Palace Triangle Community Association, 1989. 2nd. edn. 96pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. by Audrey Hammond. Pictorial laminated boards (no d/w issued) very slightly dust marked otherwise a very clean, bright copy (Stock ref 5922) £17.50
  1. Harley, Robert J.: Lewisham and Catford Tramways: including New Cross and Forest Hill. Midhurst: Middleton Press, 1994. 1st. edn. 96pp. 120 b/w photos., maps. Pictorial laminated boards(no d/w issued), a fine copy. (Stock ref 7586) £11.00
  1. Harris, Robert A.: Kingston-upon-Thames and Surbiton in 1891: including Norbiton, Hampton Wick and Teddington. Teddington: Charlotte James Publishers, 1978. New edn. (first published in 1891) with additional material. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers very slightly tanned on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5936) £8.00
  1. Harris, T. R.: Dolcoath: queen of Cornish mines Penzance: The Trevithick Society, 1974. 1st. edn. 108pp. B/w photos., fold-out map. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners and creased on spine othewise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6941) £10.00
  1. Heathfield, John.: Around Whestone and North Finchley. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1994. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous b/w photographs. One of the “Britain in Old Photographs” series. Pictorial card covers showing minimal shelf wear othyerwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3745) £5.00
  1. Herber, Mark.: Legal London: a pictorial history. Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 1999. 1st. edn. xii,132pp. 233 b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7072) £10.00
  1. Hodges, Sheila:: God’s Gift: a living history of Dulwich College. London: Heinemann Educational, 1981. 1st. edn. xi, 310pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4877) £6.50
  1. Hollamby, Edward (ed.): Docklands Heritage: conservation and regeneration in London docklands. London: London Docklands Development Corporation, 1987. 1st. edn. xii,91pp. Many cold. and b/w photos., plans. Laminated pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6640) £20.00
  1. Honeycombe, Gordon.: Selfridges: seventy-five years, the story of the store 1909-1984 London: Sefridges, 1984. 1st. edn. 240pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Binding slightly cocked. D/w slightly faded on spine and a little creased along top edge. A very good copy. (Stock ref 4015) £10.00
  1. Hooton, Jonathan.: The Glaven Ports: a maritime history of Blakeney, Cley and Wiveton in north Norfolk. Blakeney: Blakeney History Group, 1996. Reprint. 299pp. Numerous b/w illus. Binding slightly bumped on corners. D/w slightly faded in spine and creased along top edge otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4659) £25.00
  1. Hoskins, W. G.: A New Survey of England: Devon. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. New edn. xdx, 600pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Dated ownership signature to ffep. D/w rather dust marked and rubbed on eges particularly at spine head. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4763) £7.50
  1. Hoskins, W. G.: Midland England: a survey of the country between the Chilterns and the Trent.. London: B. T. Batsford, 1949. 1st. edn. viii, 120pp. Cold. frontis. and numerous b/w illus. Dated ownership signature to reverse of the ffep. Price-clipped Brian Cook d/w rather rubbed on edges and corners, slightly faded on spine with some fraying at head and tail. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4909) £7.50
  1. Howe, Ron.: Darlington Municipal Transport. Darlington: Darlington Corporation, 1972. 1st. edn. (2)v,27pp. B/w photos. Stapled card covers a little stained on front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7243) £10.00
  1. Huelin, Gordon: Vanished Churches of the City of London. London: Guildhall Library Publications, 1996. 1st. edn. ix,85pp. B/w illus. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7058) £0.00
  1. Humble, A. F.: The Rowing Life-Boats of Whitby. Whitby: Horne and Son, 1974. 1st. edn. 176pp. Many b/w illus. All pp quite heavily tanned. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean sound copy. (Stock ref 6942) £12.00
  1. Humphrey, Stephen.: Camberwell, Dulwich & Peckham. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1996. 1st. edn. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. Laminbated pictorial card covers very clightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7710) £14.00
  1. Hyde, Ralph.: The A to Z of Georgian London. London: Harry Margary in association with Guildhall Library, 1981. 1st. edn. viii, 88pp. Numerous b/w maps. D/w very slightly creased at spine head otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7424) £20.00
  1. Hyde, Ralph.: The A to Z of Restoration London. London: Harry Margary in association with Guidhall Library, 1992. 1st. edn. xii, 93pp. Numerous b/w illus. Index compiled by John Fisher and Roger Cline. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3267) £25.00
  1. Hyde, Ralph.: The A to Z of Victorian London. London: London Topographical Society, 1987. 1st. edn. viii,140pp. 59 maps. Gift inscription to ffep.D/w slightly faded on spine and creased at spine head otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6894) £15.00
  1. Jenkyns, Patricia M.: The Book of Herne Hill: four miles south of the Standard Cornhill. Tiverton: Halsgrove, 2003. 1st. edn. 160pp. Many b/w illus., map. D/w slightly creased on top edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6306) £40.00
  1. Johnson, David R.: Around Crystal Palace and Penge. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2004. 1st. edn. 144pp. Numerous b/w photos. Signed by the author on title page.One of the Britain in Old Photographs series. Pictorial card covers a trifle creased on bottom corner of both panels otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7942) £25.00
  1. Johnson, David R.: Beckenham Through Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2014. 1st. edn. 96pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5057) £6.00
  1. Johnson, David.: A Century of Bromley: events, people and places over the 20th Century. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2007. New edn. 120pp. Mant b/w photos. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8127) £10.00
  1. Jordan, Don.: The King’s City. London: Little, Brown, 2017. 1st. edn. xviii, 526pp. B/w illus., epp maps. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4749) £10.00
  1. Jowitt, R. L. P.: Salisbury. London: B. T. Batsford, 1951. 1st. edn. x, 86pp. Numerous b/w photos., text figures, map. Brian Cook d/w a trifle faded on spine and with a small hole and tear to back panel otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4890) £5.00
  1. Kennett, John.: Eltham: a pictorial history. Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 1995. 1st. edn. unpaginated. 179 b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5301) £10.00
  1. Kimbell, John: An Account of the Legacies, Gifts, Rents, Fees etc. Appertaining to the Church and Poor of the Parish of St. Alphege Greenwich in the County of Kent: to which is added an appendix containing the plan and survey of the royal manor etc., etc. Greenwich: Printed for the Benefit of the Poor Women in the Jubilee Alms Houses, 1816. 292 pp. Large, folding, hand-coloured mapwith closed tears, one lithograph plate and 20 lithograph plans. Some light foxing throughout and pencil annotations added to appendices. Re-backed, blind stamped dark blue cloth slightly spotted, rubbed on corners and with a scratch across front board. (Stock ref 2440) £250.00
  1. King, John.: Grove Park: its history revisited. London: Lewisham Local History Society, 2011. 1st. edn. 112pp. B/w illus. Inscribed by the author.Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3529) £20.00
  1. Knowlden, Patricia & Walker, Joyce.: West Wickham, Past into Present. Westr Wickham: Hollies Publications, 1986. 1st. edn. 248pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Inscribed by the authors. Laminated pictorial boards (no d/w issued) slightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5920) £12.00
  1. Laxton, Paul.: The A to Z of Regency London. London: Harry Margary in association with Guildhall Library, 1985. 1st. edn. xiv,116pp. 40 maps. Index compiled by Joseph Wisdom.Gift inscription to ffep. D/w slightly faded on spine and a little creased at spine head, a very good copy. (Stock ref 6893) £25.00
  1. Leapman, Michael (ed).: The Book of London: the evolution of a great city. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. 1st. US edn. 320pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., maps. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3714) £10.00
  1. Learmonth, Bob et al.: Croydon Airport, the Great Days 1928-1939. Sutton: London Borough of Sutton Libraries, 1980. 1st. edn. 203pp. Numerous b/w photos. Signed by one of the authors. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7833) £10.00
  1. Learmonth, Bob et al.: The First Croydon Airport 1915-1928. Sutton: Sutton Libraries, 1977. 1st. edn. 87pp. Numerous b/w photos. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7832) £6.00
  1. Leith, Ian.: Delamotte’s Crystal Palace: a Victorian pleasure dome revealed. Swindon: English Heritage, 2005. 1st. edn. 122pp. Many cold., sepia and b/w photos. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6754) £50.00
  1. Lincoln, Margarette.: London and the 17th. Cenury: the making of the World’s greatest city London: Yale University Press, 2021. 1st. edn. xiii,372pp. Cold. illus., maps. Binding somewhat cocked. D/w a little creased along top edge otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7085) £10.00
  1. Lloyd, A. T.: New Milton in Old Picture Postcards. Zaltbommel: European Library, 1985. 1st. edn. 80pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial boards very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5900) £10.00
  1. Loobey, Patrick & Every, Keith.: Wimbledon in Old Photographs. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1995. 1st. edn. 126pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Britain in Old Photographs series. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5896) £7.50
  1. Loobey, Patrick & Every, Keith.: Wimbledon in Old Photographs. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1995. 1st. edn. 126pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Britain in Old Photographs series. Signed by one of the authors on title page and with an a.l.s. from him laid in. Pictorial catd covers (Stock ref 5897) £12.00
  1. Loobey, Patrick.: Battersea and Clapham, the Second Selection. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2000. 128pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Images of England series. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5894) £9.00
  1. Loobey, Patrick.: Battersea and Clapham. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2002. Reprint.128pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Images of London series. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers creased on bottom corner of back panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5893) £7.50
  1. Mare, Eric de.: Victorian London Revealed: Gustav Dore’s metropolis. London: Penguin Books, 2001. New edn. 229pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Gift inscription to half-title. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6434) £5.00
  1. Marsden, Peter.: Roman London. London: Thames & Hudson, nd(1983). 1st. P/B edn. 224pp. Numerous b/w illus., text figures and plans. Pictorial card covers with spine crease and minimal shelf wear. A very good, clean copy. (Stock ref 3674) £6.00
  1. Marshall, Bruce.: Building London: the making of a modern metropolis. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2007. 1st. edn. 304pp. Many coloured and b/w photos. D/w rubbed and creased along top edge otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7405) £15.00
  1. Maxwell, Donald.: The Enchanted Road. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. 1st. edn. xiv, 174pp. 99 cold. and b/w illus. by the author. Quarter buckram on paper covered boards bumped on corners and slightly cocked. D/w foxed, dusty and slightly rubbed on edges with some minor loss at spine head and a closed tear in bottom edge of back panel. Internall, a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4090) £50.00
  1. McKellar, Elizabeth.: The Birth of Modern London. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999. 1st. P/B edn. xviii, 245pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers just a little rubbed on edges and creased on corners otherwise a very good copy of this scarce title. (Stock ref 3264) £50.00
  1. McNay, Michael.: Portrait of a Kentish Village, East Malling 827-1978. London: Victor Gollancz, 1980. 1st. edn. 144pp. B/w illus., maps. Inscribed by the author. D/w somewhat faded on spine and slightly creased along top edge otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3585) £8.50
  1. Mears, Kenneth J.: The Tower of London: 900 years of English history Oxford: Phaidon, 1988 1st. edn. 160 pp. Numerous cold. photos., text figures. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 1185) £10.00
  1. Merrifield, Ralph.: The Roman City of London. London: Ernest Benn, 1965. 1st. edn. xvii(3)344pp. Numerous b/w photos., text figures, three fold-out maps plus large map in pocket on back board. D/w a little rubbed and worn on edges otherwise a very clean sound copy. (Stock ref 4740) £7.50
  1. Miller, George.: Rambles Round the Edge Hills: and in the Vale of the Red Horse. Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1967. 1st. edn. xviii, 153pp. Cold. frontis and 16 b/w illus. D/w rather rubbed and worn with some minor loss to top edge otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5334) £7.50
  1. Mills, Mary.: Greenwich Marsh: the 300 hundred years before the Dome. London: M. Wright, 1999. 1st. edn. 239pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers very slightly creased on corners otherwise a bright, clean copy. (Stock ref 4157) £7.50
  1. Milne, Gustav.: The Port of Medieval London. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2003. 1st. edn.192pp. Many cold. and b/w illus., text figures, maps. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy (Stock ref 7059) £8.00
  1. Milward, Richard:: Wimbledon: a pictorial history. Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 1994. 1st. edn. Unpaginated. 182 b/w illus., end-paper map. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3150) £7.50
  1. Mindell, Ruth & Jonathan:: Bridges Over the Thames. Poole: Blandford Press, 1985. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3194) £6.50
  1. Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith.: Crystal Palace (High Level) and Catford Loop. Midhurst: Middleton Press, 1991. 1st. edn. . 96pp. Numerous b/w photos., maps and plans. Laminated pictorial boards (no d/w issued), a fine copy. (Stock ref 6979) £18.00
  1. Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith.: Southern Main Lines: London Bridge to East Crydon. Midhurst: Middleton Press, 1988. 1st. edn. 96pp. 120 b/w photos., maps. Laminated pictorial boards (no d/w issued) faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7708) £10.00
  1. Moncrieff, A. R. Hope.: Essex. London: A. & C. Black, 1909. 1st. edn. xii,262pp plus 2pp publisher’s list.. 75 tissue-guarded cold. plates by L. Burleigh Bruhl, fold out map. T.e.g. Epp heavily foxed. Decorated cloth boards a little rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6798) £45.00
  1. Moore, H. Keatley & Sayers, W. C. Berwick (eds.):: Croydon and the Great War: the official history of the war work of the borough and its citizens from 1914 to 1919. Croydon: Corporation of Croydon, 1920. 1st. edn. 437pp. Numerous b/w photos. Dark red cloth gilt very slightly rubbed on edges . A very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3138) £45.00
  1. Morris, John.: Londinium: London in the Roman Empire. London: Book Club Associates, 1982. xvi, 384pp. 16 b/w illus, maps and plans. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w rather tanned otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3673) £6.00
  1. Newman, Ruth & Howells, Jane.: Salisbury Past. Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 2001 1st. edn. x,134pp. numerous b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6757) £8.00
  1. Parker, Rowland.: Cottage on the Green. London: The Research Publishing Co., 1973. 1st. edn. 92pp. Many b/w illus., plans. Pictorial card covers a trifle dust marked and very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7294) £15.00
  1. Pearce, David.: London’s Mansions: the palatial houses of the nobility. London: B. T. Batsford, 1986. 1st. edn. 224pp. Numerous b/w illus. Gift inscription to ffep. Price-clipped d/w a trifle rubbed on edges and corners, a very good copy. (Stock ref 6732) £30.00
  1. Peel, D. W.: A Garden in the City: the story of Barkers of Kensington London: W. H. Allen, 1960. 1st. edn. 175pp. B/w photos. Price-clipped d/w slightly rubbed and creased on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3927) £5.00
  1. Picard, Liza.: Restoration London. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. 1st. edn. xxi, 330pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3278) £8.50
  1. Piggott, J. R.: Dulwich College: a brief history and guide to the buildings. London: Published by the College, n.d.(1990) 1st. edn. 76pp. Numerous b/w illus. Signed by author on title page. Pictorial card covers just a little bit rubbed on corners otherwiose a fine copy. (Stock ref 6676) £10.00
  1. Piggott, J. R.: Palace of the People: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, 1854-1936. London: C. Hurst & Co., 2004. 1st. edn. x,230pp. Many cold. and b/w illus. Laminated pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7333) £30.00
  1. Plaisted, Arthur H.: Parsons and Parish Registers of Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1932. 1st. edn. xv, 481 pp. 12 b/w photos., eight ink drawings in the text, tables. Some light foxing to edges throughout otherwise a fine copy in the d/w. (Stock ref 6110) £50.00
  1. Porter, Stephen.: The London Charterhouse: a history of Thomas Sutton’s charity. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2009. 1st. edn. 192pp. 33 cold. and 17 b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on bottom corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6843) £8.00
  1. Potter, Simeon.: The Story of Willesden. London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1926. 1st. edn. xxi, 247pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Stamp of Willesden Education Committee, Mora Road Girls’ School, on front pastedown. Slightly stained, green cloth boards somewhat rubbed on corners and rubbed and frayed at spine head and tail. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 3707) £30.00
  1. Pratt, Derek.: London’s Waterways: exploring the capital’s rivers and canals. London: Adlard Coles, 2010. 1st. edn. 160pp. Many cold. photos., map. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6993) £6.00
  1. Pudney, John.: Crossing London’s River. London: J. M. Dent, 1972. 1st. edn. x, 176pp. Numerous b/w illus., map. D/w slightly rubbed and creased on edges with several tiny tears. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3381) £5.00
  1. Pullen, Doris E.: Dulwich. London: Pullen, 1990. Reprint. (8)76pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7559) £7.50
  1. Pullen, Doris E.: Forest Hill. London: Pullen, 1981 Reprint. (4)160pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers slightly creased on both panels. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7964) £9.00
  1. Pullen, Doris E.: Penge. Knebworth: Able Publications, 1991. Reprint. 109pp. Many b/w illus. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7707) £8.00
  1. Pullen, Doris E.: Sydenham. London: Pullen, 1982. 5th reprint (6)104pp. Numerous b/w photos., line drawings. White pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6187) £7.50
  1. Pullen, Doris E.: Sydenham. London: The Author, 1974 1st. edn. (4)104pp. Numerous b/w photos., line drawings. White pictorial card covers somewhat dust marked on back panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7636) £15.00
  1. Pullen, Doris E. et al.: Around Bromley a Century Ago. Bromley: Local History Society for the London Borough of Bromley, 1985. 1st. edn. 72pp. B/w illus., maps. Bromley Local History No. 7. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5908) £10.00
  1. Pullen, Doris E. et al.: The Town of Bromley a Century Ago. Bromley: Bromley Borough Local History Society, 1988. 1st. edn. 68pp. B/w illus., maps. Bromley Local History No. 8. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5909) £10.00
  1. Rawlings, G. Burford.: Old London. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1926. 1st. edn. xii,176pp. 50 b/w plates. Some light foxing throughout. Blue cloth gilt boards rather faded, particularly on spine. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 8012) £15.00
  1. Read, Joan:: Lewisham Flashbacks. London: Published by the Author, 1991. 1st. edn. Unpaginated (c150pp). Numerous b/w illus. Plastic comb binding. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3666) £9.50
  1. Reed, Nicholas.: Crystal Palace and the Norwoods. Stroud: Chalford Publishing Co., 1995. 1st. edn.128pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on bottom corner otherwise a finecopy. (Stock ref 7422) £12.00
  1. Reed, Nicholas.: Frost Fairs and the Frozen Thames. London: Lilburne Press, 2002. 1st. edn. 46pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3273) £3.50
  1. Reilly, Leonard & Marshall, Geoff.: The Story of Bankside: from the river Thames to St. George’s Circus. London: London Borough of Southwark, 2001. 1st. edn. 150pp. B/w illus., fold-out map. Neighbourhood History no. 7. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6902) £8.00
  1. Roberts, Sir Howard & Godfrey, Walter H.: Survey of London: vol. XXII, Bankside (the parishes of St.Saviour and Christchurch Southwark). London: London County Council, 1950. 1st. edn. xx, 152 pp. Frontis. and 92 b/w plates, numerous text figures. Issued by the joint publishing committee representing the London County Council and the London Survey Committee. Dark blue cloth, crners. slightly bumped, and d/w slightly worn on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6111) £40.00
  1. Robinson, A. J. & Chesshyre, D. H. B.: The Green: a history of the heart of Bethnal Green and the legend of the Blind Beggar. London: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 1978. 1st. edn. 40pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers just a little rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7520) £30.00
  1. Ross, Cathy & Clark, John.: London: the illustrated history. London: Allen Lane, 2008. 1st. edn. 352pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., maps and plans. (Stock ref 6875) £30.00
  1. Russell, John.: Shakespeare’s Country. London: B. T. Batsford, 1942. 1st. edn. viii, 152pp. Four cold. plates and many b/w illus. and text figures. Dated ownership signature to half-title. Price-clipped Brian Cook d/w a little faded on spine and slightly frayed at spine head and tai otherwise a clean, sound copy.l (Stock ref 4908) £7.50
  1. Salmon, Arthur L.: The Little Guides: Cornwall. London: Methuen & Co., 1959. Reprint with corrections. xii, 183pp. B/w photos., fold-out map. Revised by H. Ronald Hicks. D/w (by Brian Cook) a little rubbed and worn on edges and corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4765) £10.00
  1. Saunders, Ann.: Historic Views of London: photographs from the collection of B. E. C. Howarth-Loomes. Swindon: English Heritage, 2008. 1st. edn. 237pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w with a long, closed tear near top edge of back panel otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6440) £15.00
  1. Sayers, W. C. Berwick (ed):: Croydon and the Second World War: the official history of the work of the borough and its citizens from 1939 to 1945. Croydon: The Croydon Corporation, 1949. 1st. edn. 581pp. Numerous b/w photos., fold-out map. Dark Blue cloth gilt slightly bumped on corners and ver slightly rubbed on edges. A very bright, clean copy. (Stock ref 3139) £30.00
  1. Schofield, John.: Medieval London Houses. London: Yale University Press, 1995. 1st. edn. (8)272pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., plans. Gift inscription to ffep.D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6445) £30.00
  1. Schofield, John.: The Building of London: from the Conquest to the Great Fire. London: British Museum Publications in association with The Museum of London, 1984. 1st edn. 190pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps and plans. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7071) £8.00
  1. Schwitzer, Joan & Gay, Ken.: Highgate and Muswell Hill. Stroud: Chalford Publishing Co., 1995. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous b/w photos. One of the Archive Photographs series. Pictorial card covers showing just a little shelf wear, a very good copy. (Stock ref 4557) £10.00
  1. Searle, Muriel V.: Bromley in Old Picture Postcards. Zaltbommel: European Library, 1985. 1st. edn. unpaginated. 76 b/w illus. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial paper-covered boards (no d/w issued) a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5911) £15.00
  1. Searle, Muriel V.: Bromley in Old Picture Postcards, volume 2 Zaltbommel: European Library, 1990. 1st. edn. Unpaginated. 76 b/w photos. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial laminated boards (no d/w issued) very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5912) £15.00
  1. Searle, Muriel V.: Farnborough and Downe in Old Picture Postcards. Zaltbommel: European Library. 1990. 1st. edn. Unpaginated. 76 b/w photos.Inscribed by the author. Laminated pictorial boards (no d/w issued) very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5915) £15.00
  1. Searle, Muriel V.: Hayes, West Wickham and Keston in Old Picture Postcards Zaltbommel: European Library, 1988. 1st. edn. Unpaginated. 76 b/w photos. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial paper-covered boards (no d/w issued) very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy (Stock ref 5916) £15.00
  1. Shore, Teignmouth.: Kent. London: A. & C. Black, 1907. 1st. edn. x,240pp. 74 tissue-guarded cold. plates by W. Biscombe Gardner., fold-out map. T.e.g. Decorated cloth boards a little rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6799) £50.00
  1. Smith, Eric E. F.: Clapham London: The Clapham Society, nd (1990). New edn. 95pp. Numerous b/w photos. and other b/w illus. Laminated pictorial card covers, slightly creased at outer bottom corner of front panel otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7709) £6.00
  1. Spencer, Adam.: Willesden. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1996. 1st. edn. 124(4)pp. Many b/w photos. One of the “Britaibn in Old Photographs” series. Pictorial card covers showing minimal shelf wear. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3751) £7.50
  1. Spurgeon, Darrell.: Discover Bexley and Sidcup. London: Greenwich Guide-Books, 1993. 1st. edn. 96pp. B/w photos., maps. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6716) £8.50
  1. Spurgeon, Darrell.: Discover Eltham and its Environs: a comprehensive guide to Eltham, New Eltham, Mottingham, Grove Park, Kidbrooke and Shooters Hill. London: Greenwich Guide-Books, 1992. 1st. edn. 96pp. B/w photos., maps. Neat ownership signature to half-title. Laminated pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7428) £9.00
  1. Spurgeon, Darrell.: Discover Greenwich and Charlton. London: Greenwich Guide-Books, 1991. 1st. edn. 208pp. B/w photos., maps. Pictorial card covers somewhat faded on spine and rubbed on corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7429) £10.00
  1. Spurgeon, Darrell.: Discover Sydenham and Catford: a comprehensive guide to Sydenham, Crystal Palace, Forest Hill, Catford, Hither Green and Grove Park. London: Greenwich Guide Books, 1999. 1st. edn. 96pp. B/w photos., maps. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial card covers faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7427) £13.00
  1. Steel, D. J.: General Sources of Births, Marriages and Deaths Before 1837 London: Phillimore for the Society of Genealogists, 1976 3rd. corrected impression. xxiv, 439 pp. Additional articles by E. Gillett, Mary McGuinness and E. A. Wrigley. National Index of Parish Registers volume 1. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 1970) £15.00
  1. Steele, Jess.: Turning the Tide: the history of everyday Deptford. London: Deptford Forum Publishing, 1993. 1st. edn.(6) 234pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers dust marked and a little rubbed on corners. (Stock ref 7510) £10.00
  1. Stokes, H. G.: English Place-Names. London: B. T. Batsford, 1948. 1st. edn. viii, 120pp. Cold. frontis. and many b/w photos. D/w a little chipped and rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4825) £7.50
  1. Tames, Richard.: City of London Past. London: Historical Publications, 1995. 1st. edn. 144pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6874) £9.00
  1. Tames, Richard.: Theatrical London. London: Historical Publications, 2006. 1st. edn. 206pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7601) £8.00
  1. Tanswell, John: The History and Antiquities of Lambeth London: Frederick Pickton, 1858 1st. edn. xvi, 245 pp plus (1) Addenda et Corrigenda, (5) list of Subscribers. 14 engraved plates, text figures. Some pencil annotations in text. Marbled eps with the ex libris stamp of W, Paynter to ffep. Black half calf rebacked with original spine laid on. Corners bumped and rubbed but, internally, clean and sound. (Stock ref 2024) £65.00
  1. Thacker, Fred S.: The Thames Highway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. New edn. 2 vols. Vol.I, General History, 295 pp., six b/w illus. and new introduction by Charles Hadfield: Vol.II, Locks and Weirs, 525 pp., 17 b/w illus. and new introduction by Lionel Munk. Front inner hinge of vol.I slightly cracked. D/w’s price-clipped and very slightly rubbed on extremities but, otherwise, a clean, sound set. (Stock ref 6128) £20.00
  1. Thompson, A. G.: The Romance of London River. London: Bradley & Son, 1934. 1st. edn. 96pp. B/w illus by Helen McKie. Foreword by Sir Max Pemberton. Pictorial card covers in yapp style rather grubby and stained but clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 6905) £10.00
  1. Thompson, Canon.: A History of Hayes in the County of Kent. Beckenham: Jackdaw Publishing Co., 1978. (6)106pp. Originally published in 1935 and reprinted with a new foreword by John Addison. D/w sunned on spine and a littlle chipped and worn with some loss to spine head otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3419) £6.50
  1. Torry, Gilbert.: The Book of Queenhithe in the City of London. Buckingham: Barracuda Books, 1979. 1st. edn. 132pp. Mnay b/w illus. D/w slightly faded on spine otrherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5628) £12.00
  1. Trench, Richard & Hillman, Ellis.: London Under London: a subterranean guide. London: John Murray, 1996. New edn., reprint. 240pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners, creased on spine. Otherwse, a very good copy. (Stock ref 6992) £5.00
  1. Wade, G. W. & J. H.: The Little Guides: Somerset. London: Methuen & Co., 1949. 10th. edn. xii, 216pp. Numerous b/w photos., fold-out map. Revised by Maxwell Fraser. D/w (by Brian Cook) chipped and worn on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4769) £10.00
  1. Wagstaff, John & Pullen, Doris (eds.): Beckenham: an anthology of local history. London: The Historical Association, 1984 1st. edn. 76pp. Many b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5885) £9.00
  1. Walker, Joyce.: A West Wickham Diary from 1086 to 2000. West Wickham: Hollies Publications, 2000. 1st. edn. 187pp. Many b/w photos. Signed by author on the on title page. Laminated pictorial boards (no d/w issued), a fine copy. (Stock ref 7464) £10.00
  1. Walker, Joyce.: West Wickham in the Second World War. West Wickham: Hollies Publications, 1990. 1st. edn. 144pp. Numerous b/w illus. Inscribed by the author. Laminated pictrorial boards (no d/w issued) slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5919) £12.00
  1. Warwick, Alan R.:: The Phoenix Suburb: a South London social history. London: The Blue Boar Press, 1973. 1st. edn. viii, 271pp. 54 b/w photo., end-paper maps. D/w somewhat dust marked and skightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5651) £25.00
  1. Waters, Norman.: Thame in Old Picture Postcards. Zaltbommel: European Library, 1983. 1st. edn. 80pp. Numerous b/w photos. Ownership inscription to ffep. Pictorial boards a slightly bumped at top corners and a trifle rubbed on all corners. A very good copy. (Stock ref 5899) £10.00
  1. Watson, Julian.: Woolwich Reviewed. London: Greenwich Libraries, 1986. 1st. edn. 32pp. many b/w photos., maps. An extra map is laid in. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5934) £8.00
  1. Weightman, Gavin & Humphries, Steve.: The Makinf of Modern London, 1914 -1939. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984. 1st. P/B edn. 175pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a little creased on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3284) £4.00
  1. Weinreb, Ben & Hibbert, Christopher:: The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, 1993 Revised edn. 1060pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners and faded and creased on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6785) £12.00
  1. Weinreb, Ben et al.: The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, 2008. 3rd. edn. xviii,1101pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8029) £15.00
  1. West, Jenny.: The Windmills of Kent. London: Skilton & Shaw, 1979. 2nd. edn. 128pp. B/w photos. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwose a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7285) £8.00
  1. White, Jerry.: Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War London: The Bodley Head, 2014. 1st. edn. x, 356pp. Numerous b/w photos., end-paper maps. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3765) £8.50
  1. Whynne-Hammond, Charles.: English Place-names Explained. Newbury: Countryside Books, 2007. Reprint. 256pp. B/w photos. Pictorial card overs a trifle rubbed on corners and with a small tear in bottom edge of back panel. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5843) £6.00
  1. Williams,Guy R.: London in the Country: the growth of suburbia. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 1st. edn. x,191pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Binding very slightly cocked. Price-clipped d/w. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5930) £6.00
  1. Wilson, J. B. & H. A.: The Story of Norwood. London: The Norwood Society, 1999. Reprint. 72pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7697) £7.50
  1. Wilson, J. B. & Wilson, H. A.:: The Story of Norwood. London: The London Borough of Lambeth, 1973. 1st. edn. 72pp. 48 b/w photos. Rather grubby d/w rubbed and worn along top edge with one small, closed tear in front panelotherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7042) £12.00
  1. Wilson, Ken.: A Place in the Country: High Elms, Downe, Kent. Bromley: London Borough of Bromley Recreation Dept., 1982. 1st. edn. 48pp. B/w illus., maps. Pictorial card covers a little dust marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8042) £4.00
  1. Young, George et al: Herne Hill Heritage Trail. London: The Herne Hill Society, 2004. Reprint. 38pp. Numerous b/w illus. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6551) £6.00
  1. Young, George et al.: Herne Hill Personalities: biographies of 146 people who lived in Herne Hill. London:Local History Publications for the Herne Hill Society, 2006. 1st. edn. 151pp. B/w illus. Pictorial card covers very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6297) £10.00