Back to the Local

Published by Percival Marshall, London, 1948

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Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United KingdomWorlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)

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First Edition. Original red cloth with the unclipped dust-jacket, slightly chipped at ends of spine and with the odd nick at edges and some areas of sun fading. With 22 illustrations of pubs and pub characters by Ted Aridizzone, including sketches of such well-known London hostelries as The Warrington (Maida Vale), the Spread Eagle (Oxford St) and the Red Lion (Barnes). The follow-up to the 1939 "The Local" which is now hard to find. web & ABe.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Back to the Local
Author
GORHAM, Maurice & ARDIZZONE, Edward
Publisher
Percival Marshall, London
Publication year
1948
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)

LONDON, United Kingdom

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Antiquarian and second-hand bookstore in the heart of fashionable Chelsea, in London, an area famed for its links to bohemian London and the beau monde scene of the 1960s and 70s.

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Fashion, Asia, Art, Poetry, Chelsea, Islamic/middle East, Travel, Antiquarian, Counter culture, Modern First Editions

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