Estimate: | £70 - £100 |
Hammer price: | £130 |
LONDON - London (Illustrated). A Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, Docks, Principal Railway Routes, Leading Hotels, in a Concise Form, of First Class Reliable Houses in the various Branches of Trade. Fifth Year of Publication. London: Henry Herbert & Co., 1876. Small folio (258 x 172mm). Chromolithographed title, text within chromolithographed border throughout, 3 maps including plans of the District and Metropolitan (Underground) Railways printed in red and black, 11 original photographs by Elliott and Fry of theatrical celebrities pasted in, full-page illustrations and advertisements (title and first few leaves spotted and stained, some mainly marginal spotting and staining elsewhere). Original green decorated bevelled buckram, the upper cover in gilt, the lower cover in blind, gilt edges (frayed at upper joints, corners rubbed, one signature detaching).