The London Anthology by Hugh and Paul Massingham, 1950, Vintage Illustrated Hardback

The London Anthology by Hugh and Paul Massingham, 1950, published by Phoenix House Ltd. London. Hardback, 514 pages

This vintage hardback is illustrated throughout with black and white plates and drawings.
It is in good condition - the original dust-jacket has a tear on the front top edge, as well as some other small tears and creases along the edges and corners. The front flap has been clipped.
Inside there is an inscription on the front flysheet. The first 25 pages (including flysheets, title pages, contents) have thumbprint creases on the bottom corners. Some of the other pages have a small bump on the bottom corner.
Otherwise there is no writing, tearing or dog-earing.

Free Tracked Postage
International Tracked P&P -
Europe - £8
Rest of World - £16
(I am happy to combine postage, please just ask!)

22cm x 15cm x 4cm approx.

Blurb reads:
London is a Country. This book has been called The London Anthology because the publishers believe that in length, scope, sensitivity, and arrangement - apart from its many fine illustrations - it is a unique description of the "City of the World".
Here are over 200,000 words, and nearly 700 extracts arranged under more than fifty headings - such as Accidents, Actors and Actresses, Air Raids, Crime and Punishment, East End, Eccentrics, Food and Drink, Horrors, Lodgings, Manners, Parties, Plagues, Prisons, Sport, Suburbs, Sundays and Traffic. The authors fange from Pepys to Mollie Panter-Downes of the New Yorker, from Stow to Shaw, from Henry Machyn to Rose Macauley - providing a running commentary on varying aspects of London life at different periods...


Choose gift-wrap - all wrap can be seen in the shop updates

Christmas - little drummer boys, toadstools, red leaves

Regular - red roses, pink buds or green blossom

All gift wrap comes with ribbons, a free bookmark and a postcard with your handwritten message (message me with your words or ask for a blank one for your own handwriting).



Due to restrictions placed by courier companies, parcels over 1.5kg aren't able to be posted to PO Box addresses. Apologies for the inconvenience.

If you are outside the UK, please leave a phone number for customs purposes. It will only be used for that reason and then deleted.