WALFORD, Edward. Greater London: A Narrative Of Its History, Its People, And its Places. Cassell & Co., [1884].
Crown 4to. Two volumes. Publisher's [?] morocco-backed cloth, restored and re-backed, preserving the original spine, new endpapers; pp. xvi, 576; [xvi], 560, illustrated with over 400 wood-engravings; very occasionally a little spotting, otherwise a very good set.
First edition thus. Published initially in serial form between 1882 and 1884 as a sequel to Old and New London. The volumes take a circular tour of the towns and villages surrounding the city commencing at Chiswick and finishing at Wimbledon.
- Not much, and not to such extent, head been published previously on the suburbs of London, soon to be incorporated into the growing capital.
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