HARDBACK, ?HEAVY VOLUME,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1985* Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. Very slight bumps, no rubs, minimal shelf wear to edges & to head of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a view of the tower of London, red & black titles to face. Spine and adjacent areas slightly aged. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured and patterned end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, absolutely minimal age to page margins, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous colour & monochrome illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 189 pp. text. iv pp., author?s notes, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: "David Gentleman's London" covers the capital from the inner city to the outer limits. This beautiful book is a portrait of two Londons. One is the familiar and majestic capital; the other is a city less well known and often taken for granted.The traditional sights of London - Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square and St Paul's - appear alongside many less familiar splendours such as Queen Anne's Gate and Spitalfields, and often in powerful contrast to the new London that continues inexorably to develop unchecked around them. It is prolifically illustrated with both coloured and monochrome plates throughout.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st thus with minimal faults in a VG+ dust jacket. A very heavy book & some additional fees are included to help with the postage.*

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PAM AYRES has been a writer, broadcaster and entertainer for over 35 years since winning the talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1975, and she has become an audience favourite for her sharp perception of the comic detail of everyday life. Her own programme Ayres on the Air will be entering its fourth series in 2012. Pam performs her solo stage show annually to sell-out audiences throughout Britain and around the world. In 2004 she was awared the MBE.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 859
Title: David Gentleman's London
Author: Gentleman, David
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/VG++/VG+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. Thus,
ISBN 10: 0297785745
ISBN 13: 9780297785743
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Place of Publication: UK 192
Date Published: 1985-04-25

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