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1. Blackout in London.

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Creator:
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983
Date:
1939 December
Physical Description:
pages 551-558 : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. New picture of London, or, A view of the political, religious,medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis : presenting a luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement, to which is subjoined, a description of the environs.

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Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Physical Description:
viii, 496 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A day's journal of a sponge / by Peter Pasquin [pseud.].

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The new album of London.

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Date:
[ca. 1882?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] p.) : all ill. ; 17 x 163 cm, folded to 17 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

6. Strange's pocket scrap book for young ladies and gentlemen : containing views of all the public places of amusement, watering places, etc. etc. : part IV.

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Date:
[between 1841 and 1849]
Physical Description:
pt. : chiefly ill. ; 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A visit to London : containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis / by S.W. ; with six copper plates.

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Creator:
S. W., active 1801–1820?
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
2, 196 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise and progress of the metropolis to the present period : with a full description of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Woolwich, Greenwich, Chelsea, and other places in the environ, useful to the visitor : the whole embellished with fifty-nine engravings of public buildings : a route for viewing the whole in seven days : to which is annexed a new and superior map, with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

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Creator:
Cruchley, G. F
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
xii, 294, 14, [1] p. : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. London exhibited in 1851 : elucidating its natural and physical characteristics, its antiquity and architecture : its arts, manufactures, trade, and organization : its social, literary, and scientific institutions : and its numerous galleries of fine art : with 205 illustrations, executed by Mr. Robert Branston, Mr. O. Jewitt, Mr. J.R. Jobbins, and others : including a newly-constructed map, engraved by Mr. Wilson Lowry.

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Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
910, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Pigot & Co.'s metropolitan guide & book of reference : to every street, court, lane, passage, alley and public building : in the cities of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and their respective suburbs.

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Creator:
J. Pigot & Co
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
154 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity : illustrated by maps, plans, and views.

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Date:
1862
Physical Description:
xv, 391, 16 p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. London : what to see, and how to see it : with numerous illustrations.

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Date:
1857
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise, and progress of the metropolis to the present time : embellished with numerous engravings of public buildings, ground plans of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, with its chapel, aisles, etc. : descriptions of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Kew Gardens, Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, etc. : to which is annexed a superior coloured map of London : with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

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Creator:
Cruchley, G. F
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
vii, [xix]-xxiv, 324, [12] p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Views in London : consisting of the most remarkable buildings : with an historical description of each.

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Date:
[1820?]
Physical Description:
26, 11 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. London and its environs : including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc. : handbook for travellers / by K. Baedeker.

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Creator:
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
x, 366 p., [5] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm.+ [1] folded map (73 x 94 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman