Mine Host London (Signed copy)
1948, signed by William Kent to Maurice Bowra. A historical record of foreign visitors welcomed to London
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Printing Details
First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19.5 × 13.5cm, 199pp.
Signed twice by the author. Firstly to the title page, and secondly with dedication to the ffep (believed to be to Maurice Bowra, the English classical scholar, literary critic and academic).
Full title: Mine Host London; A Chronicle of Distinguished Visitors
William Kent's impressions of "a few of the millions of foreign visitors to whom London has given hospitality and shelter during nearly nine centuries. Through their eyes—amused, loving, critical, or jealous—we see emerging from the mists of antiquity the shape of London we know". Contains such visitors to London as William the Conqueror, Desiderius Erasmus, Peter the Wild Boy, Karl Marx, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Lenin, Emile Zola etc etc
Condition
A good reading copy. The book is in good condition with some tanning to the pages and bumping to the board's corners. The dustwrapper is tatty, with loss to the edges and fading to the spine but now within a protective sleeve.
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Price
£15.00
