[St. John Adcock] — Wonderful London Volume I & II

[London], [The Fleetway House], c1926. Leather. Lovely half-morocco essay collection from various significant writers on the subject of London. With over 1200 in-text and full-page photographs. Bound in half morocco with red cloth boards.Including Volume I and II of the three-volume set.With upwards of 1200 black-and-white in-text and full-page photographs from eminent photographers such as Donald McLeish.Lacking both title pages and colour frontispieces. As such, date, authorship and publication details have been gathered from a copy held by the University of Oxford Libraries.Edited by St. John Adcock, renowned writer and "Cockney school novelist". This work compiles writings from various significant authors on the subject of London. Alfred Noyes introduces the collection with the chapter "The Magic of London", Thomas Moult writes on "London's Sports and Pastimes" and Robert Lynd describes "The Morning and Evening Rush". Bound in half morocco with red cloth boards. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing resulting in loss of cloth more noticeable to Volume I. Marking also more visible to Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Missing title pages and colour frontispieces. Tipped-in newspaper article to Volume II. Spotting heavier to first and last few pages, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Donald McLeish et al. Very Good .