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THE HISTORY OF LONDON - RARE BOOK COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 27 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of the history of LONDON.

This really is a huge collection of fascinating literature. Discover the origins of Britain’s great metropolis, from its earliest beginnings right the way through to the dark underworld of the Victorian era. Explore the history of London’s famous landmarks, streets, events and memorable characters. Study the lives of London’s inhabitants throughout the ages – their social lives, customs, traditions, associations, vices and virtues. From the well known to the unknown and everything in between – this astonishing collection has something for everyone….

Some of the books contained in this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in London and its fascinating history. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

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Full List of Books Included:


A chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483; written in the fifteenth century - N. H. Nicolas (1827)

A collection of songs and ballads relative to the London prentices and trades ; and to the affairs of London generally during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries - C. Mackay (1841)

A history of the Minories, London - E. M. Tomlinson (1907)

A Londoner's London - W. Whitten (1913)

A lord mayor's diary, 1906-7 - W. P. Treloar (1920)

A new and complete plan of London Westminster and Southwark, with the additional buildings to the year 1777 - W. Harrison (map) (1777)

A new book about London; a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore - L. Wagner (1921)

A saunter through the west end - L. Hunt (1861)

A short history of Hampton court - E. Law (1906)

A survey of London Vol. 1 - J. Stow (1908)

A wanderer in London - E. V. Lucas (1913)

About London - J. E. Ritchie (1860)

Across the bridges; or, Life by the South London river-side - A. Paterson (1915)

Adventures in London - J. Douglas (1909)

Ambulator; or, A pocket companion in a tour round London, within the circuit of twenty-five miles describing whatever is most remarkable for antiquity, grandeur, elegance, or rural beauty (1796)

An historical guide to London - G. Taylor (1911)

Ancient London churches - T. F. Bumpus (1871)

Ancient meeting-houses; or, Memorial pictures of Non-conformity in old London - G. H. Pike (1870)

Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London, during the eighteenth century including the charities, depravities, dresses and amusements of the citizens of London Vols. 1 & 2 - J. P. Malcolm (1810)

Bermondsey, its historic memories and associations - E. T. Clarke (1901)

Biographical illustrations of Westminster Abbey - G. L. Smyth (1843)

Bohemia in London - A. Ransome (1912)

Brief guide to London - D. H. Evans (1908)

Brilliant tales of London society - London Society (1869)

By Chelsea reach - some riverside records - R. Blunt (1921)

Bygone London - F. Ross (1892)

Chapters in the history of old S. Paul's - W. S. Simpson (1881)

Charing Cross to St. Paul's - J. McCarthy (1893)

Chronicles of London - C. L. Kingsford (1905)

Chronicles of London bridge - R. Thomson (1827)

Chronicles of the mayors and sheriffs of London, A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274 - A. Fitz-Thedmar (1863)

Clerkenwell & St. Luke's; comprising the borough of Finsbury - G. E. Mitton (1906)

Club life of London, with anecdotes of the clubs, coffee-houses and taverns of the metropolis during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Vol. 1 - J. Timbs (1866)

Commentaries on the history, constitution, and chartered franchises of the city of London - G. Norton (1869)

Covent Garden, its romance and history - R. Jacobs (1913)

Curiosities of London - exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the metropolis - J. Timbs (1867)

Dear old London - Homeland Association, ltd (1921)

Dickens' London - M. F. Mansfield (1904)

Dickens's dictionary of London, 1885 - seventh year, an unconventional handbook - C. Dickens (1885)

Documents illustrating the history of St. Paul's cathedral - W. Simpson (1880)

Dulwich, history and romance (967-1922) - E. T. Hall (1922)

Early London - prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Norman - W. Besant (1908)

East London - G. F. Bosworth (1911)

Familiar London - R. Barton (1904)

Festival of empire, Souvenir of the pageant of London - S. C. Lomas (1911)

Gaslight and daylight, with some London scenes they shine upon - G. A. Sala (1859)

Greater London - a narrative of its history, its people and its places Vols. 1 & 2 - E. Walford (1894)

Guide to the Palace of Westminster (1911)

Handbook to the environs of London, alphabetically arranged Vols. 1 & 2 - J. Thorne (1876)

Her Majesty's Tower Vols. 1 & 2 - W. H. Dixon (1901)

Highways and byways in London - E. C. Cook (1902)

Historic streets of London, an alphabetical handbook - L. Russan (1923)

Historical and literary memorials of the city of London Vols. 1 & 2 - J. H. Jesse (1901)

Historical notices of Chelsea, Kensington, Fulham, and Hammersmith - I. Burt (1871)

History of London - H. Douglas-Irvine (1912)

History of the port of London Vols. 1 & 2 - J. G. Broodbank (1921)

History of the Tower Bridge and of other bridges over the Thames built by the Corporation of London - C. Welch (1894)

Hogarth's London, pictures of the manners of the eighteenth century - H. B. Wheatley (1909)

Hyde Park, its history and romance - E. Alec-Tweddie (1908)

In and around London - C. M. Foot (1915)

In Dicken's London - F. H. Smith (1914)

In London town - F. B. Smith (1906)

Kensington - picturesque and historical - W. J. Loftie (1888)

Knight's London Vol. 1 (1901)

Liber albus - The white book of the City of London - J. Carpenter (1861)

Life in West London - A. Sherwell (1901)

Literary London - E. M. Lang (1906)

Living London - its work and its play, its humour and its pathos, its sights and its scenes Vols. 1 - 3 - G. R. Sims (1912)

Lockie's Topography of London - J. Lockie (1810)

London, a short history with maps and illustrations - M. Meikeljohn (1908)

London - G. E. Mitton (1911)

London - G. K. Chesterton (1904)

London - G. L. Gomme (1914)

London - its celebrated characters and remarkable places Vols. 1 - 3 - J. H. Jesse (1871)

London afternoons - chapters on the social life, architecture and records of the great city and its neighbourhood - W. J. Loftie (1901)

London and its environs - F. Muirhead (1922)

London and its environs; handbook for travellers - K. Baedeker (1905)

London and Middlesex, or, An historical, commercial, and descriptive survey of the metropolis of Great-Britain Vols. 1 - 4 - E. W. Brayley (1810)

London and the kingdom Vols. 1 - 3 - R. Sharpe (1894)

London as an art city - B. Erskine (1904)

London as it is - P. Cunningham (1863)

London as seen and described by famous writers - E. Singleton (1907)

London at night - F. Carter (1914)

London at the end of the century - A. W. Beckett (1900)

London before the Conquest - W. Lethaby (1902)

London churches ancient & modern Vols. 1 & 2 - T. F. Bumpus (1908)

London citizens in 1651 - J. C. Whitebrook (1910)

London city - its history, streets, traffic, buildings, people - W. J. Loftie (1891)

London city - W. Besant (1910)

London city churches - A. E. Daniell (1896)

London clubs, their history & treasures - R. Nevill (1911)

London etchings - A. Adcock (1904)

London exhibition in 1851 - J. Weale (1851)

London impressions - A. Meynell (1898)

London in modern times; or, Sketches of the great metropolis during the last two centuries - unknown author (1887)

London in the eighteenth century - W. Besant (1902)

London in the reign of Victoria (1837-1897) - G. L. Gomme (1898)

London in the time of the Stuarts - W. Besant (1903)

London in the time of the Tudors - W. Besant (1904)

London labour and the London poor - a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work Vols. 1 & 2 - H. Mayhew (1861)

London landmarks - M. C. Bates (1887)

London of to-day - C. E. Pascoe (1887)

London on Thames in bygone days - G. H. Birch (1903)

London pictures - drawn with pen and pencil, with one hundred and thirty illustrations - R. Lovett (1890)

London pictures - R. Lovett (1890)

London pride and London shame - L. C. Cornford (1910)

London scenes, or, A visit to Uncle William in town - containing a description of the most remarkable buildings and curiosities in the British metropolis - unknown author (1824)

London signs and inscriptions - P. Norman (1893)

London souvenirs - C. W. Heckethorn (1899)

London town past and present, historical, descriptive, anecdotal Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Hutchings (1876)

London vanished & vanishing - P. Norman (1905)

London Vols. 1 - 6 - C. Knight (1841)

London, an intimate picture - H. J. Forman (1913)

London, historic and social Vols. 1 & 2 - C. Francis (1902)

London, its origin and early development - W. Page (1923)

London, past and present; its history, associations, and traditions Vols. 1 - 3 - H. B. Wheatley (1891)

London, south of the Thames - W. Besant (1912)

London; a book of aspects - A. Symons (1909)

Londoners, then and now - M. C. Salaman (1920)

Londoniana Vols. 1 & 2 - E. Walford (1879)

London's story - C. Mullins (1920)

London's underworld - T. Holmes (1913)

Ludgate Hill, past and present - a narrative concerning the people, places, legends, and changes of the great London highway - W. P. Treloar (1892)

Mayhew's London - being selections from 'London labour and the London poor' (which was first published in 1851) - H. Mayhew

Mediaeval London Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Besant (1906)

Medieval London - W. Benham (1901)

Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair - H. Morley (1892)

Memoirs of the city of London and its celebrities Vols. 1 – 3 - J. H. Jesse (1903)

Memorials of old London Vols. 1 & 2 - P. H. Ditchfield (1908)

Memorials of St. James's street, together with the annals of Almack's - E. B. Chancellor (1922)

Memorials of St. Paul's cathedral - W. M. Sinclair (1909)

Memorials of the Savoy; the palace, the hospital, the chapel - W. J. Loftie (1878)

Memorials of the Tower of London - W. De Ros (1866)

Memories of the great metropolis or, London from the Tower to the Crystal palace - F. Saunders (1852)

Memories of Victorian London - L. B. Walford (1912)

Men and women of Soho, famous and infamous - J. H. Cardwell (1903)

Microcosm of London; or, London in miniature Vols. 1 - 3 - W. H. Pyne (1904)

Modern history of the city of London - C. Welch (1896)

More about unknown London - W. G. Bell (1921)

Mystic London, or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis - C. M. Davies (1875)

National history and views of London and its environs Vol. 2 - C. F. Partington (1834)

Nights in London - T. Burke (1916)

No. 10, Downing street, Whitehall its history and associations - C. E. Pascoe (1908)

Old and new London - a narrative of its history, its people, and its places Vols. 1 - 6 - W. Thornbury (1898)

Old Chelsea, a summer-day's stroll - B. E. Martin (1889)

Old Kew, Chiswick and Kensington - L. C. Sanders (1910)

Old London - Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1867)

Old London - unknown author (1900)

Old London town - W. Owen (1921)

Old Soho days and other memories - M. Kate (1906)

Old St. Paul's - W. H. Ainsworth (1903)

Old St. Paul's cathedral - W. Benham (1902)

Out and about; a note-book of London in war-time - T. Burke (1919)

Paddington past and present - W. Robbins (1853)

Picturesque sketches of London, past and present - T. Miller (1852)

Ragged London in 1861 - J. Hollingshead (1861)

Rambles in and near London - W. J. Loftie (1903)

Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849-1855 - F. Markham (1903)

Relics & memorials of London City - J. S. Ogilvy (1910)

Richmond and its inhabitants from the olden times - R. Crisp (1866)

Romance of London - strange stories, scenes and remarkable persons of the great town Vol. 1 - J. Timbs (1865)

Roses and thorns of Paris and London - a historic and descriptive review of the virtues and vices of the two greatest cities of the earth (1900)

Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or, A ramble from Haymarket to Hyde Park - H. B. Wheatley (1870)

Round London, down East and up West - M. S. Williams (1894)

Saunterings in and about London - M. Schlesinger (1853)

Scientific London - B. H. Becker (1875)

Select views of London and its environs - unknown author (1804)

Shades and echoes of old London - J. Stoughton (1889)

Silvertown and neighbourhood (including East and West Ham) a retrospect - A. P. Crouch (1900)

Sketches in London - J. Grant (1850)

Society in London - G. W. Smalley (1885)

Soho and its associations - historical, literary & artistic - E. F. Rimbault (1895)

Some Hampstead memories - M. Adams (1909)

Some London churches - E. H. Day (1911)

Source book of London history from the earliest times to 1800 - P. Meadows (1914)

South London - W. Besant (1912)

Souvenir album of the Tower of London - H. Dillon (1910)

Springs, streams and spas of London; history and associations - A. S. Foord (1910)

Staple Inn, Customs house, Wool court, and Inn of chancery - its mediæval surroundings and associations - E. Williams (1906)

Tallis's illustrated London Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Gaspey & J. Tallis (1851)

The annals of Fleet Street, its traditions & associations - E. B. Chancellor (1912)

The annals of the barber-surgeons of London - S. Young (1890)

The business of pleasure Vols. 1 & 2 - E. H. Yates (1865)

The cathedral church of Saint Paul, an account of the old and new buildings with a short historical sketch - A. Dimock (1900)

The churches and chapels of old London - J. G. White (1901)

The city of London - P. H. Ditchfield (1921)

The colour of London, historic, personal, & local - W. J. Loftie (1910)

The Commune of London, and other studies - J. H. Round (1899)

The defence of London, 1915-1918 - A. Rawlinson (1923)

The diary of Henry Machyn, citizen and merchant-taylor of London, from A. D. 1550 to A. D. 1563 (1848)

The etymological compendium, or portfolio of origins and inventions, containing a particular account of London and its public buildings - W. Pulleyn (1828)

The ghosts of Fleet Street - J. Gore (1911)

The ghosts of Piccadilly - G. S. Street (1914)

The gilds and companies of London - G. Unwin (1908)

The hallowed spots of ancient London - E. Meteyard (1870)

The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent Vols. 1 - 4 - T. Allen (1827)

The history and antiquities of the Tower of London - J. W. Bayley (1830)

The history and survey of London and its environs from the earliest period to the present time Vols. 1 - 4 - B. Lambert (1806)

The history of London - W. Besant (1894)

The history of London - W. G. Fearnside (1849)

The history of St. Pauls cathedral in London Vol. 1 - W. Dugdale (1658)

The history of the ancient palace and late Houses of Parliament at Westminster - E. W. Brayley (1836)

The history of the squares of London, topographical & historical - E. B. Chancellor (1907)

The history, topography, and antiquities of Highgate, in the county of Middlesex with notes on the surrounding neighbourhood of Hornsey, Crouch End, Muswell Hill, etc. - J. Llovd (1888)

The little London directory of 1677. The oldest printed list of the merchants and bankers of London (1863)

The London of Thackeray - E. B. Chancellor (1923)

The London spy, a book of town travels - T. Burke (1922)

The lord mayor of London or, City life in the last century - W. H. Ainsworth (1880)

The making of London - G. L. Gomme (1912)

The municipal parks, gardens, and open spaces of London; their history and associations - J. J. Sexby (1905)

The night side of London - R. Machray (1902)

The nineteen hundreds - H. Wyndham (1922)

The northern heights of London; or, Historical associations of Hampstead, Highgate, Muswell Hill, Hornsey, and Islington - W. Howitt (1869)

The old city, and its highways and byways - sketches of curious customs, characters, incidents, scenes, and events, illustrative of London life in olden times - W. Harvey (1865)

The old court suburb, or Memorials of Kensington regal, critical, & anecdotical Vols. 1 & 2 - L. Hunt (1892)

The old cryes of London - F. Bridge (1921)

The old showmen, and the old London fairs - T. Frost (1874)

The outer circle, rambles in remote London - T. Burke (1921)

The pictorial handbook of London - J. Weale (1854)

The port and trade of London - historical, statistical, local, and general - C. Capper (1862)

The religious life of London - R. Mudie-Smith (1904)

The romance of London Vols. 1 & 2 - J. Timbs (1845)

The seven curses of London - J. Greenwood (1869)

The skirts of the great city - N. D'Anvers (1908)

The tower bridge - J. W. Barry (1894)

The tower from within - G. J. Younghusband (1919)

The Tower of London - A. Poyser (1908)

The Tower of London - W. G. Bell (1921)

The Tower of London Vols. 1 & 2 - R. Gower (1901)

The Town, its memorable characters and events St. Paul's to St. James's, with portraits and all the original illustrations - L. Hunt (1893)

The true history of Tom and Jerry; or, the day and night scenes, of life in London, from the start to the finish - P. Egan (1911)

The visitation of London in the year 1568. Taken by R. Cooke (published 1869)

The visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635 Vol. 1 - H. St. George (1880)

The wonderful village - a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach - R. Blunt (1918)

The XVIIIth century in London an account of its social life and arts - E. B. Chancellor (1920)

Travels in South Kensington - M. D. Conway (1882)

Trivia or, The art of walking the streets of London - J. Gay (1922)

Two centuries of Soho, its institutions, firms, and amusements - J. H. Cardwell (1898)

Two London chronicles from the collections of John Stow - J. Stow (1910)

Unknown London - W. G. Bell (1919)

Unnoticed London - E. Montizambert (1922)

Unorthodox London, or, Phases of religious life in the metropolis - C. M. Davies (1875)

Up and down the London streets - M. Lemon (1867)

Walks in London Vols. 1 & 2 - A. Hare (1878)

West London - G. F. Bosworth (1912)

Wilkes and the City - W. P. Treloar (1917)



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