Vintage (Random House), London, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.1 kg; XXIV, 824 pages, illustrated with 3 maps, 4 sections of either black-and-white or colour plates have reproductions of artworks and documents, in original colour illustrated paperback binding. Includes a chronology, an essay on sources, and an index. There are several reading creases in the spine, otherwise the book has no damage. "Nothing can quite match the huge strange echo chambers of life stories, folk tales, and urban myths conjured up in Peter Ackroyd's epic vision of his native city. Sparkling, witty scholarship is constantly transformed into smoky mystical street history, with dark ignited meditations on fog, fire, sewage, suicide and civic resurrection" -- Richard Holmes -- rear panel blurb. Size: Trade Paperback. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; England; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0099422581. ISBN/EAN: 9780099422587. Inventory No: 0261317. . 9780099422587

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Peter Ackroyd is a best-selling writer of both fiction and non-fiction. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award (joint), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Guardian fiction prize. He lives in London.

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0261317
Title: London; The Biography
Author: Ackroyd, Peter
Illustrator: Photographic
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0099422581
ISBN 13: 9780099422587
Publisher: Vintage (Random House)
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: BZDB2 LONDON (ENGLAND)_ BIOGRAPHY LONDON (ENGLAND) _DESCRIPTION AND culture, architecture, town planning, sociology History; England; Sociology & Culture. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0099422581 EAN: 9780099422587 Ackroyd, Peter London; The Biogra

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