O'Connell, Sheila, ed. — London 1753

Chicago, David R. Godine, 2993. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bound handsomely in hardcover quarto format, Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Essays by the editor, Sheila O'Connell, and with contributions by Roy Porter, Celina Fox, and Ralph Hyde. First U.S. Edition, bound in fine burgundy cloth. 272 pp. and gorgeously illustrated with 30 color images and 350 black-and-white. The publisher's blurb praises this "visual feast that captures the excitement, vitality, topography, iconography, and sociology of this great metropolis as it approached the peak of its power and influence." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,