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    By James Elmes
    London   Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot
    8.5" by 5.5" ix [2], 2-418pp
    An informative first edition account of the buildings of London, from a noted architect of the day.
    By James Elmes

    1831 A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs

    London   Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot
    8.5" by 5.5" ix [2], 2-418pp
    An informative first edition account of the buildings of London, from a noted architect of the day.
    £175.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 775F17
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    Description

    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first and only edition of this work, with a two page publisher's advertisement before the half title.

    Author James Elmes, architect, civil engineer and writer, gives descriptive accounts of the various public and private buildings within what he terms 'the British metropolis'.

    The work is presented alphabetically, in dictionary format.

    To the recto of the front free endpaper is both a former owner's inscription - 'D. L. Cumming' - and a contemporary owners inscription accompanied by a crest. Dated 1840, the name Perkins accompanies the crest alongside the words appearing to be 'Fumum Et Opis'; 'smoke and power'. To the verso of this page is the inscription 'C. D. Heathcote, Derby, January 11th 1887'.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Some marks to the boards, with bumping to extremities and spine head and tail. Slight rubbing to the spine label. Former and contemporary owner's inscriptions to both recto and verso of front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last pages only, otherwise clean throughout.

    Very Good

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