ISBN: 9780950365633 - Lost Rivers of London: A Study of Their Effects Upon London and Londoners, and the Effects of London and Londoners on Them (14 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have light wear. Content is clean with slight age tone.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Historical Publications, New Barnet, UK. 1982. Hardcover. This book is in good to very good condition. There are no markings in the book. Dust jacket shows minor signs of shelf/edge wear. Ships within 24 hours.

First Edition. Near fine copy in cloth boards, with a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Edges and prelims show a suggestion only of foxing; folded matter remains crisp. Remains well-preserved overall, with main text strong and clean. Physical description; 148 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Originally published: London : Phoenix House, 1962. Map attached to lining paper. Subjects; Rivers, England, London, history. Groundwater, England, London, history. Underground rivers, England, London. London (England), history. 1 Kg.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 148 pp. Blue hardcover in pictorial jacket; the former a little rubbed and faded, the latter with a little dampstaining and edge-wear. Folding map at rear. 0950365637 8vo.

First Edition. Near fine copy in cloth boards, with a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Edges and prelims show a suggestion only of foxing; folded matter remains crisp. Remains well-preserved overall, with main text strong and clean. Physical description; 148 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Originally published: London : Phoenix House, 1962. Map attached to lining paper. Subjects; Rivers, England, London, history. Groundwater, England, London, history. Underground rivers, England, London. London (England), history. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 148 pp. Folding map at rear. Blue hardcover in pictorial jacket; light rubbing and marking to jacket. Clean copy. 0950365637 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good condition, no markings. A study of the lost rivers of London, many of which are still flowing underground as part of the city's sewer system. The courses of the lost rivers are traced, and an analysis is given of the role that these rivers have played in the creation and development of London, the uses which have been made of them, and their relationship to the people of London. The thought of a 'lost' river running beneath a road or house produces interest or consternation. A feature once on the land surface, a symbol of the rural age of London, is somehow more indicative of what is hidden beneath the bricks of the city than any other. When The Lost Rivers of London first appeared in 1962 it was immediately welcomed by scholars and general readers alike. It remains the only comprehensive study of those water courses, now buried, which sometimes make themselves evident in heavy rains or at the dig of an unwary builder's earth-remover. Many have become part of London's complex sewer system; others still run sweetly enough to have recreational use. In the past they have formed boundaries, dictated the course of roads and influenced the location of industry. In these ways and others they have contributed to the history of London.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A first reprint of the first edition which was 1962. Looks unread to inside. The dust jacket has a very faint tiny dent to top front and minor wear to top and bottom of the spine. Broadleaf Books is a second hand independent bookshop in Abergavenny, South Wales. Enquiries and visits are welcome. hst. B/w illustrations (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excellent and useful study. Very evocative. pp148. Illus. Folding map.

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