Gorham: The Local with lithos by Ardizzone

GORHAM, MAURICE - ARDIZZONE, EDWARD. The Local. London (Cassell & Co) 1939.

8:o (about 228x151 mm.). (7), viii-xvi, (2), 3-51, (1 blank) pp. 15 coloured lithographs, of which one double-page, by Edward Ardizzone.

Rebound in brown half leather, with the original paper boards preserved and laid down. (signed G. Christoferson).

Rather uncommon book on the pubs of London. The publishers (Cassell) were bombed in the London Blitz and the unsold copies destroyed.

From the library of Hugo Wistrand (1933-2014).

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