I have here for sale a lovely complete set of LONDON by CHARLES KNIGHT:

Beautifully illustrated collection of essays on the history of London bound in ornate handsome contemporary gilt decorated red morocco. In addition to hundreds of charming engraved vignettes the set includes a large number of fine and beautifully composed steel engraved plates specially commissioned for the work. Charles Knight (1791-1873) was one of the most prolific and industrious English publishers of the nineteenth-century. The magisterial six volume London remains one of his most ambitious projects, rivalling the scale and complexity of his widely acclaimed English Cyclopaedia. Knight was the son of a printer who went on to study journalism after completing training with his father. This combination of writing finesse and publishing canniness allowed Knight to publish engaging and learned works for a popular audience in attractive editions at modest prices. London in six volumes is a comprehensive series of articles on the history of the city, incorporating a wide range of themes. A small selection of the articles include: relics at the East India House, old London booksellers, gardens of the Zoological society, surgical hospitals and lunatic asylums in the past, history of Jewish inhabitants of the city, the Royal Exchange and the South Sea House, famous Astrologers and the Royal Observatory, the Foundling hospital and very much more. .

VOL I:  444pp published 1841

VOL II : 416pp; published 1842

VOL III : 400pp; published 1842

VOL IV :400pp; published 1843, front board is detached

VOL V : 400pp; published 1843

VOL VI: 402pp; published 1844

Half bound in leather over marbled boards. Gilt title lettering on red blocks to the spines. 5 raised gilt bands with gilt decoration between. Board corners are bumped with some loss to the surface of the leather - please see photos. Board edges are rubbed. Board surfaces with scuffs - all wear commensurate of the age of the books. Marbled fore-edges. Foxing mainly to the endpapers, frontispiece and title pages, otherwise pages are generally clean and bright.  These books are in good + condition, tightly bound with no loose  or missing pages, 26cm x 18cm.

Postage and packing : I know that you will be looking forward to receiving your order, each book is carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and posted in a Jiffy bag if size permitting, if not it is wrapped in bubble wrap, cardboard, brown paper and then securely taped. 

To keep the cost of the postage down to the most economical level per book, you may consider buying more than 1 item from my eBay account. You can then request a combined postage cost and I will combine the items into the fewest parcels as possible - saving you money :)

 

My main posting days are Monday and Thursday ie. If you place an order and payment is received after Thursday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out on Monday. 

If you place an order and payment is received after Monday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out Thursday morning. If you require your book urgently please contact me and I will do my best. :)