Londoners / by Maurice Gorham ; illustrations by Edward Ardizzone
1951, First Edition. London : Percival Marshall. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #401611
Physical description; 158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; Introduction -- Trafalgar square -- Soho -- Riverside -- Business Rush -- Business lunch -- The queue -- Pin-table saloons -- Lords -- Shoppers -- Londoners' lunchtime -- Covent garden -- Bomb damage -- Hamstead heath -- The corner house -- Waiting for the king -- The park -- London by the sea -- The city -- Buying books -- Londoners' children -- East end -- Meeting the trains -- Index. Subjects; Manners and customs. Travel. Cockney. London (England) Social life and customs. London (England) Description and travel. London History Social 20th century. London History and topography.
Price: €48.95