Walter George Bell; William Purdie Treloar [foreword] — Fleet Street in Seven Centuries

London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this abundantly illustrated historical account of the significance of Fleet Street. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and a further 32 plates, two of which are folding. Collated, complete.A historical account of the history of the growth of London, beyond the walls, and into the western liberty, and of Fleet Street.Fleet Street has been an important route since Roman times, with this volume including sections that detail the medieval suburbs to the newspapers of the twentieth century.Written by Walter George Bell, with a foreword by Sir William Purdie Treloar, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1906-1907.With 24 pages of publisher's catalogue to the rear of the work. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to spine, with rubbing to joints, causing cloth to lift. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting towards the front of the work. Very Good . Ill.: T.R Way, Hanslip Fletcher, R. Anning Bell, et al. Very Good .