HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 1985 (1983)* Publisher: Macmillan.* Binding and cover condition: Rich brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear. Spine slightly creased. VG* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated dust wrapper showing View of London by Thomas Wyck (1616-1677). NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £29.50. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine somewhat faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. End papers illustrated with map of London from a Balloon View 1851. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very light marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 977 pp. text. xxxxix pp. people and general index at rear.* Description: The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years, completely revised and updated, it comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes - one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general - and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs. Everything of relevance to the history, culture, commerce and government of the capital is documented in this phenomenal book. From the very first settlements through to the skyline of today, The London Encyclopaedia comprehends all that is London.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st/3rd with only minor faults with slightly faded dust jacket.* Weinreb, Ben

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1984
Title: The London Encyclopaedia
Author: Christopher (Editor) Hibbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - F/VG+/VG+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition 3rd. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0333300246
ISBN 13: 9780333300244
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London UK 1056
Date Published: 1985-01-01
Size: 18 x 6 x 25.5 cm

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