Walter Besant — London

London, Chatto & Windus, 1894. Cloth. A smart new edition of this fascinating topographical work on London by Walter Besant, illustrated throughout. New edition. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and twenty-five images. A fascinating topographical work on London, detailing the rich antiquities of the city, showing the streets, photographs, buildings, with a particular focus on the citizens, at work, at play, their daily life. The original presentment of the history of the city of London in relation to its people from age to age. Written by Sir Walter Besant, an English novelist and historian. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .