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Grace Derwent, Derek Brechin, Kenneth Derwent, A. G. Robertson; drawings by David Newton.
Discovering London: [consisting of Grace Derwent, Roman London; Derek Brechin, The Conqueror’s London; Kenneth Derwent, Medieval London; A. R. Robertson, Tudor London]. 
Published London: Macdonald, 1968.
ISBN 356024784 (Roman); 356024792 (Conqueror’s); 356024806 (Medieval); 356024814 (Tudor).
Binding: 4 x stitch-bound paperbacks plus a foldout 2‑colour map in a thin-card slipcase.
Printer: Purnell & Sons, Paulton.
Size: 112x178x30mm.
Each volume has 128pp including several illustrations, plus 8 pages of plates, all monochrome.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: slipcase creased, and ragged; slipcase and text pages yellowed with age; some general wear and creasing on the covers and spines; previous owner’s address sticker on the half-title page of the Roman volume, otherwise text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.00
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Weight without packaging: 503g.

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Originally issued in conjunction with a London Weekend Television series, this was the first of two separate four-volume sets.

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