SETS, GENERAL WORKS and HISTORIES 1. BOYS, Thomas Shotter. Original Views of London As It Is. 1954 facsimile reprint of 1842 original, 2 volumes, letterpress by Charles Ollier (original edition) & James Laver, signed by Laver, 26 offset litho colour plates from the Guildhall copy, folio, original crimson half morocco, spine lettered, morocco labels gilt on upper covers, in matching slipcase, Guildford, Charles Traylen, spines very slightly faded, £225 2. BRETT-JAMES, Norman G. The Growth of Stuart London. 1935, 556pp, frontis, plates, maps, most folding, LAMAS with George Allen & Unwin, one crack internally but still tight, £50 ~ The growth of the city during this period & the attempts to control & prevent it. 3. [CITY OF LONDON]. The Royal Charter of Confirmation Granted by King Charles II. To the City of London. Wherein are Recited Verbatim, All the Charters to the said City, granted by His Majesties Royal Predecessors, Kings and Queens of England, Taken out of the Records, And exactly Translated into English By S.G. Gent. Together With an Index or Alphabetical Table, and a Table explaining all the Obsolete and Difficult Words in the said Charter. [1680], pp [viii], 247, [1], [16]; Printed for Samuel Lee and Benjamin Alsop, a little browned throughout, near cont. calf, rebacked, new spine label, worn, corners chipped, ESCT R6880, £ 120 ~ Prints all the Royal Charters of the City of London issued up to the reign of Charles II. Inside the front cover is pasted an engraved table, ‘calculated by John Smart,’ with the title A Scheme of ye Proportions ye several Counties in England paid to ye IIIsh AYD, 1699. Compared wth ye Number of Members they send to Parliament. 4. DEFOE, Daniel. A Tour Thro’ London About the Year 1725. 1929, xxi, 115pp, 60 plates and maps, some folding, 2 maps on eps, title in red and black, 350 copies only, folio, teg, two-tone cloth imitating a Cambridge panel binding, prelims and last few leaves lightly foxed, head of spine little frayed, £200 ~ ‘Being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of ‘A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain’. Edited by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor. The maps are specially drawn to show the London of Defoe’s period and his circuit. 5. FITZ-STEPHEN’S Description of the City of London, Newly Translated from the Latin Original; with a Necessary Commentary. 1772, ix, 81, [1] advert, B. White, 4to, 250 copies printed only, later black half morocco, spine label, spine ends chipped, title slightly dusty, numerous early marginal annotations, some corrections, in several hands, ESTC T96596, ~ ‘A Dissertation on the Author, Ascertaining the Exact Year of the Production, is Prefixed And to the whole is subjoined, A correct Edition of the Original, with the Various Readings, And some useful Annotations, By An Antiquary’ [Rev. Samuel Pegge]. £120 6. GROSLEY, M. A Tour to London; or, New Observations on England and Its Inhabitants. 2 vols 1772, pp [ii] title, blank, iii-vi Author’s Preface, vii-xii Translator’s Preface, Contents of Vol I, 1-369 Observations, [1], 371, [1] advert; iv title, Contents of Vol II, 311, [2] appendix, [1], [21] index, Translated by Thomas Nugent, for Lockyer Davis, cont. half calf, spines gilt with label, worn, surface abrasion, vol 1 front board holding on the cords, rear joint tender, heads of spines sometime repaired, marbled boards rubbed, only edition, ESTC T113412, ~ Printed by Bowyer and Nichols whose records show 1000 copies printed. £150 7. HARRIS, John (publisher). The Public Buildings of Westminster Described. 1831, pp [ii] title, [iv] adverts, [iii]-iv Contents, 220; 12 steel engravings, 12mo, John Harris, original morocco-backed boards, rebacked, orig. spine laid down, Adams 169 (not mentioning the adverts), £50 ~ Engraved by ‘Sands’ probably after Shepherd, according to Adams. 8. LEE, Alexander. Coghlan’s Pocket Picture of London and Its Environs. 1847, new edition, xvi, 572, [2] adverts, steel engraved frontis, folding map (Howgego 405) with two tears at gutter, H. Hughes, 16mo, occasional very light spotting, cloth little marked, bright, ~ Alphabetical guide to London. ‘A New Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected, with 300 additional Pages of entirely new matter.’ Uncommon: not in Guildhall. £40 9. NOORTHOUCK, John. A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark. To Which is Added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing the Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. 1773, pp [iv] title, dedication, viii Preface, [iv] contents, 902, [42] index, errata, directions to binder, 42 copper engraved views incl. 17 ward maps & maps of London and Westminster and of the Environs, these two with outline hand colouring, the map of London also with all-over wash, R. Baldwin, 4to, cont. calf neatly rebacked, new morocco label, closed tear in text in one leaf, no loss, little browning and offsetting, Adams 51, Upcott 638, £700 ~ Noorthouck attempts to improve on Maitland and others who, he implies, copied from Stow with much padding. Rubinstein in his ‘Historians of London’ writes: ‘Noorthouck’s book is heavy and unwieldy, but I like it. It is well authenticated and easy to read.’ LONDON TOPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 10. ~ LTS 1. VAN DEN WYNGAERDE, Antony. View of London ab. A.D. 1550. 1881-2, 7 large sheets 31″ x 23⅜″, photo-etchings, slightly creased and frayed at left margin, original printed wrapper as title page (left margin frayed with tears, max. 2"), 4pp text, in original portfolio, this worn and broken, £200 ~ The list in the Record calls for a sheet of text. This is either the top sheet of the wrapper or the 4pp explanation. The Society’s first publication, issued as ‘Topographical Society of London’, and setting a very high standard of production. 11. ~ LTS 10. Plan of Buildings in the Neighbourhood of Whitehall. 1900, large single sheet printed in two colours, edges frayed, short tears (longest approx 2", into print at foot), £35 12. ~ LTS 14. Kip’s View of London, Westminster and St. James’s Park, 1710. 1903, 12 sheets 22⅜″ x 24″, loose as issued, £70 13. ~ LTS 22 & 26. (HOLLAR, Wenceslas). LEAKE, John. An Exact Surveigh of the Streets Lanes and Churches Contained Within the Ruines of the City of London …. 1667. 1908-09, 2 sheets photo-etching, 25⅜″ x 19″, shows the landmarks in the burnt area within the surrounding streets, inset view of the fire, engraved by Hollar, a little creasing round edges but a fine set, Howgego 21 (i), £70 ~ Comparison with the Harry Margary 1970s reprint (see map section below) is instructive. On the whole this LTS issue is better printed on a much better paper. It is also full size. 14. ~ LTS 27 and 29. Seven London Views by Deceased Artists; Seven More London Views by Deceased Artists, 1910-11, 14 plates numbered consecutively, in folder for no. 29 with LTS portfolio as issued, latter little worn & dusty, lacking ties, contents fine, £45 15. ~ LTS 34, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44. ROCQUE, John. A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark 1746. 1913-18, 49 sheets (ie 48 map sheets + key), Howgego 96 (i), £100 ~ See Wheatley, ‘Rocque’s Plan of London’, LTR 9. 16. ~ LTS 63. HOLLAR, Wenceslas. View of Greenwich, 1637. 1930, strip sheet folded, 7¾" x 35¾", £30 17. ~ LTS 65. Plan of the Manor of Walworth, and Parish of Newington, Surrey, in the Year 1681. 1932, single sheet, reduced, 18⅛″ x 23″, ~ See Darlington, ‘Thomas Hill’s Maps’ LTR 21. £30 18. ~ LTS 70 & 71. Four Drawings by Philip Norman (- A Further Four Drawings …. ) 1936-37, contents page & 8 drawings by Norman loose in folder, ex lib, stamps on folder & plate margins, £25 19. ~ LTS 72, 73, 74, 75. Clothworkers’ Company, Survey of Properties. 4 parts complete, 1938-39-40-41, in printed wrappers as issued, fine set, ~ Scarce: at this period LTS membership was very low. £200 20. ~ LTS 72. Clothworkers’ Company, Survey of Properties in 1612 and 1728. 1938, 3 sheets folio in original printed brown paper folder, stain in one margin, little edge dusting and fraying, £45 21. ~ LTS 73. Clothworkers’ Survey Neighbourhood of the Fleet Prison 1612 & 1728. 1939, 2 sheets folio in original printed brown paper folder, stain in one margin, little edge dusting and fraying, £45 22. ~ LTS 75. Clothworkers’ Survey Richard Fishburne’s House & Fox Court. 1941, 2 sheets (one double) folio in original printed brown paper folder, fine, presentation copy from the LTS to the RICS with their library label, £50 23. ~ LTS 81. Whitehall Palace by an Unknown Painter of the Mid-Seventeenth Century. 1948, single sheet 20″ x 30″, reduced from the original in Kensington Palace, with tissue, £30 24. ~ LTS 82. BROWN, Cecil. A Prospect of the City of London from the South East in the Year 1945. 1949, single sheet 16⅝″ x 23″, perspective drawing showing the bomb damage round St. Paul’s, margin nicked & faintly browned, £30 25. ~ LTS 90. Plan of the Precinct (East part) of the Hospital of St. Katherine by the Tower, 1686. 1957, single sheet, little creasing, ~ The entry for this in the Record has the date 1685. £20 26. ~ LTS 92. The City of London, Showing Parish Boundaries prior to the Union of Parishes Act, 1907. 1959, single colour sheet folded, £20 27. ~ LTS 93. HONEYBOURNE, M.B. A Sketch Map of London Under Richard II. 1960, folded sheet, £20 28. ~ LTS 94. A View of London by John Norden. 1961, single sheet folded twice, £20 29. ~ LTS 95 & 96. DAVIS, B.R. A Survey of the Parliamentary Borough of St. Marylebone, Including Paddington and St. Pancras, 1834. 1962-63, 2 colour sheets, £30 30.