Great Fire of London in 1666 by Bell, Walter G

The Bodley Head, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Reprinted. 386 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription and stamps to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

John Lane the Bodley Head, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. Popular edition. 387 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: The Bodley Head, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pale red hardcover in very good condition, minimal signs of wear to the covers, the dust jacket with a couple of nicks to the top edge. Nice internally, a few foxing spots to the endpapers. With 24 sheets of plates plus 3 fold out plates. Pages; XIV, 386.

London: Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. First printing of this edition. Black decorated cloth in black slipcase. Fine in a fine slipcase.

London: The Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2003 (first thus). Octavo, xxii, 261 pages plus numerous plates (some in colour) and a large folding plan. Colour pictorial cloth; a fine copy in the near-fine slipcase. Edited and introduced by Belinda Hollyer.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, c 1920. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. Second edition. No dust jacket. Light brown cloth with oval roundel in red to front board and gilt lettering to spine., Edges are bumped and there are small blemishes to front board. Spine is faded. Pages are rough cut. Top page edge is red. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. Numerous ilustrations, plans drawings, pull out maps, all present. Undated but c. 1920. 8vo. Previous owner's pencilled signature to front endpaper dated 1934. 1920

Folio Society, 2003-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. Like New in Like New slipcase HB Folio Society

London: Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii 261 pages indexed, with slipcase. The half title page is rubbed at the head where a price has been vigorously rubbed off, next to that sits the remnants of an original price sticker. Overall a clean, unmarked and solid copy in excellent condition. " 'The Great Fire of London in 1666' is an abridgement of the revised edition first published by The Bodley Head" (copyright page.) CONTENTS: 1. London in the year 1666 2. Outbreak of the fire 3. The riverside fire 4. Flames across the city 5. The night scene 6. The day of London's tragedy 7. The burning of old St Paul's 8. Fire in the Liberties 9. The last embers 10. Amid the ruins 11. Outcry against the Catholics 12. Losses in the fire 13. Plans for a model city 14. Legislative measures 15. The rebuilding of London 16. The city restored 17. The church settlement appendices. 1. Letters from residents in London,… Read More

London: The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. Striking Folio Society edition of Bell's revised 1952 account of the Great Fire of London, describing the state of the city prior to the inferno; the cause of the blaze and accounts of its spread throughout London, as well the immediate and long term aftermath. With colour images and maps to end-papers. Complete with slipcase. Contents crisp and clean. Fine condition.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1920. First. hardcover. good. Illustrated with 25 plates, 3 folding plans, and 13 text illus. 387pp. + ads. Thick 8vo, original gilt-stamped brown cloth with red inlay on cover, spine sunned, corners of cloth bumped, pages throughout are slightly wavy, light foxing to some margins, inner hinge strengthened. London: John Lane, 1920.<br/><br/>