Our company was launched based on the fundamental belief that used books have value and should never go to waste. We continue our wander, but become lost and find ourselves on the other side of London, the fog sets in. Many of the photos in Lost London depict buildings on the verge of demolition, their interiors stripped and awaiting their fate.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough and speaking personally, I still find reading it a totally immersive and utterly engrossing experience.It provides a unique, intimate insight into the status of London's buildings and streets and the lives of its inhabitants. There are some striking images of how the local population went about their daily lives and, perhaps surprisingly, how detailed some of the commercial establishment images portray the range of goods and services on offer to them. An eye-opening look at how the ever changing London is something that is a characteristic of the city itself.

Very good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Seller responded and rectified problem (item presumed lost by courier) immediately, dispatching a replacement copy that arrived next day. I am particularly impressed by the fact that he deals extensively with buildings and locations that housed or were used by the poor; his comments on how the poor lived are valuable, considering how rarely history books and essays address the lives of those who are most destitute.Il donne envie de retourner à Londres pour visiter les rues et quartiers décrits pour retrouver les bâtiments encore existants. As primary sources of historical evidence, [the photographs] are by their very nature impartial, and bear witness to past places or events, undistorted by the interpretation of their creator. and have been lovingly arranged and captioned by Davies into this tremendous picture book for London architecture aficionados. These photographs were rediscovered and curated after almost a century by Vijay Mehta and Steve Hurst of EH London Region (all praise!