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DASENT, Arthur Irwin (1859-1939). The History of St. James’s Square and the West End of London. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.
8vo (216 x 140 mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 79 ENGRAVED PLATES, LITHOGRAPHS, ETC., some hand-colored. Half contemporary crushed red levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering in 2, others gilt, top edge gilt, STAMP SIGNED BY ROOT (spine gently darkened, very tiny spots of rubbing). Provenance: Charless Sessler (booksellers’ typed note); Edward G. Budd (ownership inscription dated 1929), a noted American inventor and businessman.
FIRST EDITION.