The Local

London. Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1939 1st edition.. Tall 8vo. In grey hard card covers with red lettering to spine and front. B/w illustration to front. In generally good condition. Spine slightly darkened with cm loss lower spine. Small marks to covers. Slight browning to endpapers with owners inscription. Another small initials inscription lower corner of half title page.… Read more about this item

London: Cassel & Co LTD, 1939. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Poor. 9" by 6.5". Edward Ardizzone. The first edition of Maurice Gorham's entertaining satire on London pubs, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work. Sought after but hard to find in an acceptable condition. Here in a rather better than usual condition with the flyleaves… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1939. Beautifully illustrated book of colour lithographs by Edward Ardizzone depicting the interiors of Lonon Public Houses and the people using them. First edition 1939 containing 51pages in bright clean condition just some light browning to endpapers and previous owners ink details on front endpaper, 15 full page colour illustrations, all present as… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1939. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's original paper-covered boards. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Fifteen colour lithograph plates (of which one double-page) as called for. Foxing to the end-papers and nibbling at the head of the spine. The all-important very fragile spine of the book is PRESENT and is still ATTACHED although it… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.