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New York: Barnes & Noble, 1993. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Frederick Adcock. Illustrated in black and white. 264 pages. 12mo, cloth backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Barnes and Noble, (1993). A near fine copy.<br/><br/>

1993. 1993 Adcock, A St John FAMOUS HOUSES AND LITERARY SHRINES OF LONDON NY: Barnes & Noble, c1993 first printing 264pp index, illus Frederick Adcock 8vo as new in d/w.

Dent, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. First Edition Thus. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Blue Black and white. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to pages with mild creasing to gutters and hinges. Tanning heavier to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and both free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine +/Fine +. Frederick Adcock. first printing (full # line). As new copy in an As New DJ. A handsome well designed and illustrated book. A must for touring London for the well-read and for the history buff. Unread and pristine edition.

New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by Frederick Adcock;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. (xiv) 264 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; beige endpapers; profusely illustrated with line drawings by Frederick Adcock. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Sites that include the Temple, Fleet Street, Soho, St. John's Wood, Hampstead, and Chelsea. And the people: Shakespeare, Hogarth, Goldsmith, Reynolds, Johnson, Blake, Lamb, and Dickes and others. The Contents are: Prefatory Note; Some Celebrated Cockneys; Shakespeare in London; Where Pope Stayed at Battersea; Hogarth; Goldsmith, Reynolds, and Some of Their Circle; Homes and Haunts of Johnson and Boswell; Blake and Flaxman; A Hampstead Group; Round About Soho Again; A Philosopher, Two Poets and a Novelist; Charles Lamb; St John's Wood and Wimbledon; Chelsea Memories; Thackeray; and Dickens; followed by a… Read More

J M Dent, 1912-01-01. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Hinges neatly repaired with tape. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London.

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London, United Kingdom: J M Dent & Co, 1929. First published 1912, first in this formatte. Blue waxed cloth bds with bright Gilt titles, pp xiv 264 with 59 illus. Tight and very clean copy, small name to ffep else pristine.. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Adck, Frederick. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929. Early printing. Small 8vo, purple cloth, 287, [3] pp, yellow printed dust jacket. This copy belonged to longtime journalist and associated press correspondent John Koenig Jr, while he was serving in the Air Force in England during WWII (inscribed by him in 1943). Together with related ephemera laid in by Koenig--photocopied articles, a 1940s transcript of an article on London shrines, a 1924 promotional card for Ye Olde Tiget Tavern, and most interestingly, a mimeographed poem by Margaret Marshall, Sergeant in the Auxiliary Territorial Services, the women's branch of the British military during WWII. The poem discusses her internal pain and anxiety and is accompanied by a note--"Margaret is one of Suzannes friends, a lovely girl, she has found the Army life hard and difficult, she wrote this poem when she was very ill." A near fine copy with Koenig's bookplate to front pastedown, light page toning, in a very good jacket, with dust jacket spine toned, chipped at spine… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.