The Mendip Press (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SCARCE INTERWAR BRIGHTON TOURISM EPHEMERA - COMPREHENSIVE ILLUSTRATED PROSPECTUS BINDING - VINTAGE MOTOR RUNS ITINERARY SECTION: COLLATION: Sextodecimo (approx. 6" x 5" / 15cm x 13cm). pp. 20. Bound in original publisher's thick blue paper wrappers. Beautifully designed, typography-led layout printed by the renowned Mendip Press Ltd at 33 Westgate Street, Bath. Features a highly ornate title-page vignette executed in rich black ink, a definitive south-facing facade view of the hotel overlooking the seafront, an array of black-and-white internal photographic room plates, tariffs for full board, and a decorative landmark image of the Brighton Palace Pier on page 7. Prominently displays the early 'Post Office Telephone No. 418911' routing block to the upper wrapper. Includes a dedicated essay on page 11 titled 'The Queen of Watering Places' alongside an extensive modern motoring routing map detailing regional drives to Arundel, Worthing, and surrounding Sussex estates on page 17. No ISBN issued.CONDITION & ATTRIBUTES: An exceptionally well-preserved, crisp, and structurally sound copy of this fragile promotional booklet. Presentation is Very Good overall; card wrappers retain beautiful, rich colour with only a light, entirely superficial surface crease line running across the upper cover and minor touch wear to the spine fold. Internal text block pages are beautifully bright, tight, and completely fresh, remaining entirely free from modern ink inscriptions, foxing, missing leaves, or corner creases. A highly scarce, evocative survival documenting interwar British seaside leisure culture.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback, ring bound. 106pp. nd. [circa1950]. Covers a little marked. A very pleasing copy. (q6).