Search Results: historic and picturesque inns of old by harper charles g

London: Ed. J.Burrow & Co., 1927 Some 700 Inns are dealt with, the length and breadth of England, with 47 pen and ink drawings by the author aand 61 other illustrations. The cover carries the Dunlop logo with advertisements for Dunlop tyres and golf balls front and back. 172 pages with a comprehensive index and an interesting chapter on the derivation of Inn names with illustrations of some notable signs. At the back there is a further 100 pages of period advertisements being a business directory and shopping guide. Spine sunned and chipped. Internally very good throughout.

London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co., 1927. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Charles G. Harper. An early edition of this charming history of picturesque English inns by travel writer Charles G. Harper. The first reprint of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An evocative historical guide to old, picturesque English inns by the author and illustrator Charles G. Harper (1863–1943), with an index of the inns to the rear of the volume. Harper was well-known as a travel writer who illustrated his own work, as he does in this volume with 47 pen and ink drawings. 100 pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally fairly smart, with some small faint marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Minor shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, except for some underlining to the index with coloured pencil. Very Good

London: Ed. Burrow and Co. Ltd., 1927. v-vi, 172pp, plus business directory and shopping guide. B/w illustrations throughout, faded, grubby blue boards with title in gilt, very faded at spine. Foxing and toning to eps, previous owner's label and booksellers' label to fep. Pages toned and foxed in places, boards frayed at top of spine where there are also some small splits.. Repriint. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.