Walks Through Islington Scrapbooks

S/WTI

1835

2 scrapbook volumes arranged around the book "Walks Through Islington" by Thomas Cromwell published in 1835. The volumes contain a variety of newspaper cuttings, plans, maps, illustrations, etc. These unique items & ephemera seem to have originated at Islington Vestry who advertised the items for sale in The Bookseller in 1876. In 1981 the books resurfaced; the books were bound at Drayton Park Bookbinders in marbled niger ½ binding. Islington Libraries paid £750 to the owner Sam Fogg Rare Books who remembers buying a huge collection of North London local history at an estate auction (Enfield?) mostly of Tottenham which he sold to Bruce Castle Museum (?) Haringey. The 2 volumes cover Preface & Chapters I-IV, but not V & VI so Walks the Fourth & Fifth are missing.

2 Volumes

In 1876 the books were on view in the Islington Vestry Hall, Upper Street. Location of books was unknown until 1981 when they were purchased by Islington Library Service from Sam Fogg Rare Books for £750.

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