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hardcover. color and b/w illus. thin 4to, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. torn). (London): Marsland, (1948). History of the 19th century Pleasure Gardens of London.<br/><br/>

Marsland Publications, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. Book is in excellent condition with very light edge wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind and is in impressively fine condition with tipped-in color plates and b&w prints, map endpapers showing the locations of the text. Dust jacket is price clipped and is extensively repaired at edges with scotch tape. Contents include The pleasure gardens, White conduit house, Marylebone gardens, Jenny's whim, Bagnigge wells, Islington spa, Sadler's wells, Highbury barn, Bermondsey spa, The English grotto, Finch's grotto gardens, Florida gardens, The Yorkshire stingo, etc.

Published by Marsland Publications Limited, London, 1948, 1st edition. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, no dustwrapper. 9.75ins x 7.5ins, endpapers as maps, 127pp plus colour frontis and 4 tipped-in colour plates. 32pp b&w plates within the pagination and other smaller illustrations within the text. Book is about Londons Pleasure Gardens with information on 20 of them including White Conduit House, Marylebone Gardens, Bagnigge Wells, Sadler's Wells, Bermondsey Spa, Florida Gardens, Hornsey Wood House, the Flask Tavern, Beulah Spa and Royal Cremorne. VG.