Item #9522.2 The TOWN; Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. Jame's. Leigh Hunt.

The TOWN; Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. Jame's.

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1848. 1st ed (NCBEL III, 1218). 2 volumes (xii, 300; viii, 311 pp). 16 pg Publisher catalogue, dated September 1849, at rear of Volume I. Frontis in each volume + 27 intratextual cuts by C. Thurston Thompson. 8vo. Original orange cloth with gilt spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. VG+ (sq & tight/spines slightly darkened/faint semi-circular ring mark on Vol I front board). Item #9522.2

'... the reader will find an account of London, partly topographical and historical, but chiefly recalling the memories of remarkable characters and events associated with its streets, between St. Paul's and St. James's...'.

Price: $450.00

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