The Local by Gorham, Maurice

London. Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1939 1st edition.. Tall 8vo. In grey hard card covers with red lettering to spine and front. B/w illustration to front. In generally good condition. Spine slightly darkened with cm loss lower spine. Small marks to covers. Slight browning to endpapers with owners inscription. Another small initials inscription lower corner of half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 51pp. With colour lithographs by Edward Ardizzone. This, the first of Ardizzone’s homages to the English Pub, was printed by the Curwen Press and can be seen as a companion to Eric Ravilious’s ‘High Street’. It was issued without a dust-jacket. In the successor volume, Maurice Gorham noted that the unsold copies of ‘The Local’, together with its printed sheets and plates, “went up together in the burning of Cassell’s premises in Belle Sauvage Yard”. The book has a Glossary which provides a fascinating contrast with today’s pubs. There is also a… Read More

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1939. Beautifully illustrated book of colour lithographs by Edward Ardizzone depicting the interiors of Lonon Public Houses and the people using them. First edition 1939 containing 51pages in bright clean condition just some light browning to endpapers and previous owners ink details on front endpaper, 15 full page colour illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated boards are a little marked and worn on edges and corners, spine has become detached and lost over the years but binding is sound. Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book with bright clean illustrations. SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Edward Ardizzone. 9 ¼ x 6¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Cassel & Co LTD, 1939. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Poor. 9" by 6.5". Edward Ardizzone. The first edition of Maurice Gorham's entertaining satire on London pubs, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work. Sought after but hard to find in an acceptable condition. Here in a rather better than usual condition with the flyleaves from the original dust wrapper. With the original flyleaves of the scarce dust wrapper.An entertaining work on the pubs of London, a satirical and humorous work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one double-paged colour plate, and thirteen colour plates.Written by Maurice Graham, an Irish journalist.Illustrated with lithographs by Edward Ardizzone.Ink inscription to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's paper covered boards, in the original flyleaves of the dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. A little loss to the head of the spine. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine. Flyeaves are… Read More

London: Cassell, 1939. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's original paper-covered boards. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Fifteen colour lithograph plates (of which one double-page) as called for. Foxing to the end-papers and nibbling at the head of the spine. The all-important very fragile spine of the book is PRESENT and is still ATTACHED although it is just starting to split at the base of the spine at the left hand side. A much nicer copy than normally seen which is in near fine condition with the Ardizzone illustrations in lovely, fine condition. These copies are scarce because Cassell (the publishers) were bombed in the London Blitz and unsold copies destroyed.