Maud Bigge — My Secret London

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1932. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this detailed travel guidebook of interwar period London, from Maud Bigge. First edition. A vanishingly scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plates, and eight in-text images. Collated complete. A delightful interwar guidebook in which Bigge leads readers through hidden squares, forgotten alleys, old churches, taverns, and tucked-away gardens in a conversational yet well-researched style. The "secret" places that shape London"s character with folklore, architectural notes, and social history.  Written by Maud Bigge, a British author. With eight leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark or damp mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .