41. Jardine, Lisa.

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measued London.

London, Harper Collins, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 422 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s – Mylar. Excellent condition.

42. Johnson, Steven.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.

New York, Riverhead Books, 2006. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

43. Lang, James.

Rebuilding St. Paul’s after the Great Fire of London.

London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. 19.5 cm x 25.6 cm. XI, 269 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Top corner of front board bumped. Minor foxing to endpapers and hint of tanning to edges but interior otherwise bright and clean.

44. Long, David.

Spectacular Vernacular: London’s 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings.

Stround (Gloucestershire), Sutton Publishing, 2006. 20 cm x 27,5 cm. VII, 216 pages with Illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

45. Lucas, E.V.

A Wanderer in London. [Includes some wonderful chapters on: London and Piccadilly / Mayfair and the Georgians / St.James’s and Piccadilly East / Trafalgar Square and Great Englishmen / The National Gallery and the British Masters / The National Gallery II: Italian Schools / The Strand and Covent Garden / Fleet Street and the Law / St.Paul’s and the Charterhouse / Cheapside and the City Churches / The Tower and the Amphibians / Whitechapel and the Boro’ / The British Museum and Soho / Holborn and Bloomsbury / Chelsea and the River etc. etc.]. With sixteen Illustrations in colour by Nelson Dawson and Thirty-Six other illustrations.

Eighteenth Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1917. Octavo. XII, 276 pages plus 31 pages “Selection of Books published by Methuen and Co.”. Original Hardcover / Blue cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

46. Prisons – Maddocks.

James Neild Esqr.

Original engraving. no place. [c.1804]. Plate Size: 10 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 13. 3 cm x 21 cm. In very good condition. Minor inkstain visible.

47. London Hospital – Maitland, William. (18th century).

“The Charter House Hospital” [London]. / Hand Coloured Architectural Birds Eye View of The Charter House Hospital, London

Handcoloured Copper Engraving. London, for “The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time…”, c. 1750. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with engraving: 43.5 cm x 33.5 cm. Size of the actual engraving: 36 cm x 24 cm. Frame with some minor signs of wear (rubbing to the frame with some discoloration). The engraving in excellent conditon with only faint signs of a former fold to upper left corner.

48. [English History Collection] – McCarthy, Mick.

London Years.

Dublin, Kildanore, 1990. 13.7 cm x 21.5 cm. 240 pages. Original Softcover. Page edges stained and some signs of wear and tear. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author.

49. [English History Collection] – Melling, John Kennedy.

Discovering London’s Guilds and Liveries.

Aylesbury, Shire Publications, 1973. 11.5 cm x 17.8 cm. 88 pages. Original Softcover. Cover is worn with age and starting to come loose from rest of book. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

50. [English History Collection] – Mitchell, R.J. and Leys, M.D.R.

A History of London Life.

Harmondsworth, Pelican, 1963. 11.2 cm x 18 cm. 348 pages. Original Softcover. Back cover is creased and page edges have yellowed with age. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.