LONDON, THE CITY AND THE EAST END - William HERBERT (1772-1851). The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies, London, 1837, 2 volumes, large 8vo, 19th-century half morocco. With 7 other works of related interest in 9 vols., some leather-bound. (11)

LONDON, THE CITY AND THE EAST END - William HERBERT (1772-1851).  The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London. London: "Published by the Author," 1837 [vol. II: 1836]. 2 volumes, large 8vo (243 x 155mm). Half titles, wood-engraved illustrations, folding table (occasional light spotting). Attractively bound by Bickers & Son in half morocco gilt (extremities rubbed). [?]FIRST EDITION. Kress C4392. With 7 other works of related interest in 9 vols. including [Richard Thomson's] Chronicles of London Bridge: by an Antiquary (London, 1827, 8vo, frontispiece and vignettes, later calf), Arthur Griffith's The Chronicles of Newgate (London, 1884, 2 vols., large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in dark green half morocco gilt), F. G. Hilton Price's The Signs of Old Lombard Street (London, [1902], 4to, plates, FINELY BOUND by Henry Sotheran in red half morocco gilt with sign motifs in the compartments of the spine) and Joseph Broodbank's History of the Port of London (London, 1921, 2 vols., 4to, plates, some folding, original green cloth gilt). (11)