AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Lord Mayor of London: or, City Life in the Last Century. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. 1862
Original magenta wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, coat of arms in gilt to front boards, spines lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. Booklabel of George Staehl vol. I; modern booklabels of Lucius Wilmfording in all three volumes.
¶Sadleir 19; Wolff 58 ('The Ainsworth three-decker that I waited longest for'); Locke p.43. A vivid picture of the City of London, both high and low life, in the reign of George III.
Stock #88337
£580
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