Back to the Local by Maurice Gorham - 2015

Paperback / softback. New. A delightful, nostalgic ramble around the hostelries of London from a bygone age.

London: Percival Marshall, 1949, 1st edition. Edward Ardizzone, illustrator. Red cover near fine, loose endpaper may be missing at front, hinges strong, interior clean and bright. Dust jacket is soiled with chips top and bottom of spine. VG+/G+..

Percival Marshall, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are bright with mild thumb-marking. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and light marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild water droplets to front board.

Percival Marshall, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1949. First Edition. 126 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

London: Percival Marshall,, 1949. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth with a few faded marks, spine titles slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. No jacket.

Percival Marshall. The sequel to "The Local". Black and white plates by Edward Ardizzone. A look at the pubs of London post WWII. 126 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Some sunning to the spine with a small amount of loss at the head of the spine and top edge of front panel. Binding: Hardcover. Red cloth boards with mild edge-wear.

Lonon: Percival Marshall. 1949. Fist edition, first printing. Fist edition, first printing. Original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Edward Ardizzone. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine lightly rubbed and nicked, price-clipped dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine. A beautifully illustrated observation of London Pubs by the Irish journalist Maurice Gorham. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.