Curiosities Of London

London : David Bogue, 1855. First edition. The final realisation of an idea first hatched in 1828 - an encyclopaedic dictionary of London - from the Adelphi to the Zoological Gardens - mixing the "entertaining and anecdotic" with "social statistics and other Great Facts". Compiled by John Timbs F.S.A., author, journalist and antiquary. As "agreeable a book as you could… Read more about this item

London: Virtue & Co. Limited, 1867. Leather. Good Only. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A new, corrected and enlarged edition of this exciting work on the curiosities of London, complete with illustrations. Dated from King's College London Libraries & Collections. New edition, corrected and enlarged. Illustrated with frontispiece, vignette, and… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Curiosities of London: exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the metropolis; with nearly sixty years' personal recollections" by John Timbs. New edition, corrected and enlarged. Ex-library with library bookplate on front paste-down and number notations on rear endsheets, title, and copyright pages. Published by… Read more about this item

London: David Bogue, 1855. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. An interesting collection of remarkable sights around London. With portrait frontispiece. A detailed collection of curious and remarkable sights and spots around the city of London, from the Adelphi and the Botanical Gardens, to stained glass windows and Zoological Gardens. … Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868. New Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. Good/None. Charts and maps. Thick 8vo, red Morocco with five hubs and elaborate gilt decorations on spine and double-rule border on cover, illustrated with a few diagrams and maps, marbled endpapers and page-edges, vii, [viii] + 871 pages. 3 lbs… Read more about this item

London: Virtue & Co, 1867. New Edition. Quarter Leather. Very good. New Edition, corrected and enlarged, of Curiosities of London by John Timbs, published around 1867.. Thick octavo, vii, [3], 871pp. Three-quarter red morocco, marbled boards, title in gilt over black label. Marbled endpapers, marbled leaf ends. Rear hinge starting, but stable. Small bookseller's label on front endpaper.… Read more about this item

London : Virtue & Co., [1876]. New edition, corrected and enlarged. An invaluable encyclopaedic dictionary of London - from the Adelphi to the Zoological Gardens, with articles on topics (alchemists, aldermen, almshouses, amusements, artesian wells, etc.) as well as places - mixing the "entertaining and anecdotic" with "social statistics and other Great Facts". Originally published in small octavo in 1855,… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green a.o. London. 1868. New edition, corrected and enlarged. . pp. vii, (i), 871, (i) blank, 24 Catalogue. Portrait frontispiece. New cloth, uncut, faint vertical crease in the first few leaves, the portrait foxed and stained in the fore-edge margin, otherwise a nice, clean copy.

David Bogue, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Good, clean, tight and sound copy. Usual browning to page edges. Original cloth covered boards with a modern spine in binder's plain brown buckram, gilt lettered. New endpapers. viii + 800 pages, portrait frontispiece, indexed. Approx. size 7" by 5".  Quantity Available: 1.… Read more about this item

London: John Camden Hotten, no date [c. 1868]. Later edition, corrected and enlarged (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 16cm), viii, 871pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Some chafing of the joints, inner hinges cracked (and repaired), preliminary page foxed. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable… Read more about this item

Virtue & Co, 1867-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. London; no publication date given, Preface dated 1867. Poor condition; reading copy only. Boards detached along with first and last pages, though present; no backstrip; text block is in good condition considering; interior is unmarked; 871 pages.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1868. Thick hardcover with no jacket. "Yours faithfully, John Timbs" inked below portrait on frontispiece - possibly a facsimile. Boards lightly scored in places with one or two small stains and a larger instance in middle of front. Leading corners very frayed and worn. Minor wear on edges. Spine is faded, with superficial creases… Read more about this item

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Curiosities of London: exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the Metropolis..

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.