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A Very Special Place: Tales from the Goring Hotel
by Rhoderick-Jones, Robin
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0952959909
- ISBN 13
- 9780952959908
- Seller
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Dallas, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Signed. First Edition. Near Fine / Near Fine. Opened in 1910 in London, the Goring was the first hotel in the world to offer central heating and a bathroom in every room. Although it's down the street from Buckingham Palace, heads of state would often prefer to stay at the Goring. Great stories (very British) and humorously illustrated. The book is in near fine condition with silk ribbon bookmark. There is only very slight shelf wear and a minor corner bump. The book is inscribed and signed by the late George Goring on the front flyleaf. It is also inscribed and signed by 2 other people, one of whom, I believe, is David Morgan-Hewitt, General Manager. George Goring was the third generation proprietor of the hotel and was quite a character. He recieved an OBE for services to the hotel industry.
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Details
- Bookseller
- mark mcdonald
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- art 1130
- Title
- A Very Special Place: Tales from the Goring Hotel
- Author
- Rhoderick-Jones, Robin
- Illustrator
- Tim Jaques
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth with gilt title
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0952959909
- ISBN 13
- 9780952959908
- Publisher
- Gun Room Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 130
- Size
- 8.5"x0.75"x11"
- Keywords
- Hotel. London
- Bookseller catalogs
- architecture;
Terms of Sale
mark mcdonald
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
mark mcdonald
Biblio member since 2022
Dallas, Texas
About mark mcdonald
Book collector for over 30 years. I'm retired and ready to sell. I buy almost exclusively from estate sales and since I've lived in Dallas my whole life, I know the people and where to go. I am a low volume collector and seller and deal in higher quality books. I have a lot of signed and inscribed books. These signatures have not been officially authenticated, but I am confident in their authenticity so I will guarantee them in perpetuity if it can be reasonably demonstrated that the signature is incorrect. .
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- Fine
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