In And Out Of London:or, The Half-holidays Of A Town Clerk.
£25.00
Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, 4, Royal Exchange, and 48 Piccadilly.
Place
London
Date
[n.d., c.1880]
Synopsis
Fifth thousand, revised and corrected.
Item Description
8vo. 7 x 4.75 inches. 251 + [1] pp. + [4] pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in original cloth, with gilt and black titles and decorative front board with gilt block of the City arms. Extremities worn including edges, corners and head and tail of spine. Rear hinge starting to crack; otherwise a clean interior. Illustrated by 4 engraved plates. including frontispiece and by wood engraved text figures. Decorated by printer's colophon on verso of title. Well illustrated historical guide to London sites, extending to excursions to Knole, Ingatestone, Berkhamsted, the Surrey Hills and St.Albans. William John Loftie (1839-1911) was born and educated in Ireland, living in London from the 1860s. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in 1872. Loftie published extensively on the history of printing, art, ancient buildings and London.
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