Oversized book that is a combination of art, history, lore, and travel guide. Really want to get to know The City? Here is your ticket. Gorgeous period illustrations throughout by famous London chroniclers including Hogarth, Zolffany, Rowlandson. In-depth reporting on London luminaries like Johnson, Pepys, Donne, Wren, Soane, the Prince Regent, George Eliot, and many more. Russell was art critic for the London Sunday Times then moved to the New York Times. He has applied his well-known eye and pen to the city he loves. Henry M. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, London. 256 pages. Like new! 1994. Hb, Dj. USED. $35.00