Guildhall Miscellany Issued Authority Library (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce selection of issues from 'The Guildhall Miscellany', a historical periodical from The Library Committee of the Corporation of London. A pleasing set comprising fourteen issues from The Guildhall Miscellany, which records contributions or discoveries of literary or antiquarian interest based wholly, or in part, on material in the custody of the Library Committee of the Corporation of London.Very scarce to find multiple volumes of this periodical together.Articles include 'Artisan Dynasties in London and Westminster in the Sixteenth Century' by David R. Ransome, 'The Baroness' Market: The History of a noble failure' by Walter M. Stern, 'The Financial Crisis of the Corporation of London and the Orphans' Act, 1694' by John R. Kellett, and 'The Ancestry of Sir Thomas More' by Margaret Hastings', among many others.In the original wraps.Includes the following issues:Vol. I, Number 4 (February 1955)Vol. I, Number 5 (July 1955)Vol. I, Number 6 (February 1956)Vol. I, Number 8 (July 1957)Vol. I, Number 10 (September 1959)Vol. II, Number 1 (September, 1960)Vol. II, Number 2 (July 1961)Vol. II, Number 3 (April 1962)Vol. II, Number 4 (October 1962)Vol. II, Number 5 (October 1963)Vol. II, Number 6 (October 1964)Vol. II, Number 7 (September 1965)Vol. II, Number 8 (September 1966)Vol. II, Number 9 (August 1967)Vol. II, Number 10 (October 1968) In the original wraps. Externally, smart, with slight sunning to several of the wraps. The odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with only the odd light spotting to the first and last pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…