‎Sheppard Francis‎
‎London - A History‎

‎CEREMONIAL BARGES ON THE RIVER THAMES, A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES AND OF THE CROWN, signed,‎

‎, London, Unicorn Press, 1997, Bound, red cloth, illustrated dustjacket, decorated end papers, 210 x 300mm., 184pp., profound colour illustration.‎

‎From the mid-15th century to 1856 when the processions ceased, water-borne pageantry on the River Thames was an important and splendid part of London life. The history of the events and the whereabouts of the surviving artifacts in the possession of 49 Livery Companies are traced. In good condition. Signature of the author.‎

‎AVIATION PRECURSEURS ET PIONNIERS: Charles H. GIBBS-SMITH: The Invention of the Aeroplane 1799-1909, Faber and Faber, 1966. Charles H. GIBBS-SMITH: Clément Ader, his Flight Claims and his Place in History, London, H.M.S.O., 1968. Charles H. GIBBS-SMITH: Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics 1796-1855, London, H.M.S.O., 1962. M.J.B. DAVY: Henson and Stringfellow, their work in aeronautics, the history of a stage in the development of mechanical flight 1840-1868, London, H.M.S.O., 1931. James Howard MEANS: JAMES MEAN and the PROBLEM OF MANFLIGHT during the period 1882-1920, Smithsonian Institution, 1964. Stella RANDOLPH: Lost Flights of Gustave Whitehead, Places, 1937. Gerard FAIRLIE and Elizabeth CAYLEY: The life of a genius, Sir george Cayley pioneer of moderne aviation, Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. Philip JARRETT: Another Icarus, Percy Pilcher and the Quest for Flight, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. Charles Harvard GIBBS-SMITH: The rebirth of European aviation 1902-1908. A study of the Wright Brother's Influence, London, H.M.S.O., 1974. M.J.B. DAVY: Interpretive history of flight, London, H.M.S.O., 1948. Charles H. GIBBS-SMITH: The aeroplane. An historical survey of its origins and development, London, H.M.S.O., 1960.‎

‎Ensemble de 11 livres.‎

‎The London Group a history 1913 - 2013 .‎

‎ London, The London Group, 2013, in-8°, 413 pp, softcover, some colour ills.. Describes the history of the London art group '' The London Group ''.‎

‎London, 1808-1870: The infernal wen (History of London)‎

‎London 1971 Secker and Warburg Hardcover 1st Edition ‎

‎London, 1808-1870: The infernal wen (History of London) hard cover, 240 x 165 mm, 427 pg, green binding with print on the spine of the book, dust jacket, in good condition, ‎

‎The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. A Mechanical History of the London & Brighton, the London & Croydon, and the London, Brighton & South Coast Railways from 1839 to 1922.‎

‎ London, Ian Allan Ltd. 1960, 235x160mm, 271pages, editor's binding with jacket. Jacket in fair condition. Dust jacket protected by a layer of plastic paper, whitout scotch stick on it. Book in good condition.‎

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