Cyril M. Neaves — A History of Greater Ealing

Brentford, The Brentford Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. 1931. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this illustrated history of Greater Ealing, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-one full-page images. A detailed local history of Greater Ealing or The London Borough of Ealing, a London borough in London, England which comprises the districts of Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale and Southall. With chapters on the general history of the locality as well as the individual parishes. Written by Cyril M. Neaves, an English local historian and headmaster of the Oaklands Senior School. Neaves was also the president of the Ealing Scientific Society and chairman of the Ealing Public Libraries Committee. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light loss to the extremities, particularly the head of the spine, and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark. A 1" closed tear to the front panel. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Good Only.