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1945 Hampstead in Light and Shade
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Description
Early Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper
The second edition of Mary Hill's illustrated work capturing one of the oldest areas of London. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
With twenty illustrations by the author herself, including a frontispiece of 8 Church Row in Hampstead, London.
Mary Hill captures in word and illustration her 'wish to impart to others some understanding of [her] reasons for [her] great love of [Hampstead] and of its old associations.'
Hampstead has been home to Dickens, R. L. Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Wilke Collins, and many more.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with minor damp staining to the bottom left corner of the front board and spine tail. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is generally smart, with marginal age toning and creasing. The odd chip and closed tear among the extremities. Marks to the wrap. Age toning to spine. The odd small damp stain and closed tear to reverse wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright if slightly age toned.
Near Fine
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