1926 2Vols The Heart of London; The London Year: A Book of Many Moods

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

In the publisher's original cloth bindings.

Complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.

This is a charming collection of two works by H. V. Morton, centering London, consisting of:

The Heart of London, H. V. Morton’s debut book. This is the fourth edition, and the first edition with 24 scissor-cut illustrations by Viennese artist Lisl Hummel. Collated, complete. The book assembles 49 essays and sketches about London people, places, and daily life, drawn from a series of around 75 articles Morton originally wrote for the Daily Express in early 1925. 

In The London Year: A Book of Many Moods, Morton takes his readers through a year in London. This volume is a first edition. A charming narrative detailing the typical year in the largest city in and capital of the United Kingdom, with chapters focusing on each month. The dust wrapper for this copy is exceptionally scarce. Decorated in text and with full page plates by A. E. Horne.