Writers and Hampstead by Ian Norrie - 1987

High Hill Press, 1987. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1987. First Edition. 192 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Flat signed by the Calligrapher George Simpson to front free endpaper. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Light sunning to spine and edges.

London: High Hill Press, 1987 Copy in purple cloth on boards in clipped D/J. Jacket lightly creased along edges. Coloured end papers. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Text written in calligraphy. Clean text with b/w plates.

Hampstead: High Hill Press, 1987. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Calligraphy by George Simpson, Architectural Photography by Keith Wynn. 101 Comments, from Samuel Johnson and Charles Dickens to Kingsley Amis and Alan Coren. Illustrated with portraits of the authors and phots of their house. Architectural comment by Nicolaus Pevsner. Purple cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 192 Pages, 990g, 1 1/4" Tall. Nice presentation label on back of half title page, dated 1988. Very slight edge wear at top & bottom of jacket, Clipped. Weighs just over 1 Kilo packed so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Hampstead: High Hill Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 9 x 11.25"; 192 pages; purple cloth with gilt title; dustwrapper; vg/vg; calligraphy by George Simpson and architectural photographs by Keith Wynn; gift inscription to free front endpaper;.

London: High Hill Press. 192pp hardback, well illustrated, gift inscription to ffep, very good in a very good price-clipped wrapper, in purple boards gilt, with calligraphy by George Simpson, and architectural photography by Keith Wynn . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1987.

Aldershot, United Kingdom: Imprint unknown, 1920. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Hampstead London: High Hill Press. This is a Fine Copy of this book in publisher's original purple cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous ownership inscriptions present.The book has been SIGNED by the Calligrapher George Simpson on the Front Endpaper.The Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and their is no leaning or rolling to spine.Clean copy internally.Beautifully illustrated internally with many great photographs of Hampstead in black and white by Keith Wynn.This copy came from the library of the well known Local Historian Alan Dumayne who was born in Hornsey but moved to the area early in the 1930s, living for the rest of his life in Winchmore Hill and Southgate.It is Dumayne we have to thank for our most detailed histories of the area. Beginning in the late 80s, he wrote three very readable books on the history of the area 'Southgate: A Glimpse… Read More

Hampstead, London: High Hill Press, 1987. Signed on the ffep by the artist who produced all the book's calligraphic text 'Love to Kath, George Simpson Feb 1987'. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with light creasing to edges. 192pp. There are collected 101 comments on Hampstead and its inhabitants ranging from the lyricism of Keats to the satire of Alan Coren. Some previously unpublished writing is included, notably passages from the autobiography of Sylvia Lynd. Based on 1986 Exibition at Burgh House, New End Square. The text is in a calligraphic style throughout. Beautifully illustrated internally with many great photographs of Hampstead in black and white by Keith Wynn. . Signed By Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good (+). Illus. by George Simpson (calligrapic script) and Keith Wynn (photography). 11.25 x 8.75 inches.