John O'London [ed.] — London Stories

London, Not Stated [T. C. & E. C. Jack], 1911. Leather. A complete two-volume illustrated collection of London sketches edited by "John O'London". This set offers a charming collection of London stories, edited by "John O'London", the pseudonym of British writer, editor and founder of John O'London's Weekly, Wilfred Whitten.Complete in two volumes. Bound in modern half morocco, with cloth boards. Both volumes lacking original endpapers and title pages. Date and publisher both obtained from numerous institutional copies. Illustrated charmingly throughout the text. With a folding plate titled 'A Pageant of London Characters', accompanied by publisher's bound-in key. Collated, complete. Among the many sketches included here are 'Lord Macaulay at Campden Hill', 'The Unfortunate Dr. Dodd', 'Round About Northumberland House', 'Some Early London Highwaymen', 'A King's Flight and Folly', 'The Romance of a Fleet Street House', 'The Whistling Oyster of Vinegar Yard', and 'The Great Cross at Charing&apos. Bound in modern half morocco, with cloth boards. Externally, very smart indeed, with minor spots of rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and a few scattered spots to the first and last couple pages of Vol II. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .