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FOWLER**,CHRISTOPHER: : BRYANT & MAY'S PECULIAR LONDON

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/an imprint of TRANSWORLD PUBLISHER'S,2022.

ISBN 9780857527844.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork by Max Schindler, illustrated front+rear panels of dw/dj,with capitalised,white-lettered author name, capitalised lilac-lettered part-title+ capitalised,white-lettered sub-title and other pale blue lettered strap line - all to front panel; black spine/backstrip with colour thumbnail detail from front illustration to head of spine,capitalised,pale blue lettered part-title with capitalised lilac-lettered sub-title; capitalised,white-lettered author name and publisher's white lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critics' pale blue+white lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges brigth and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain purple cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white lettered spine/backstrip,a purple headband,and immaculate plain blue-green endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes  an Introduction by DCI John May,a Message from Unit Chief Raymond and of the Peculiar Crimes Unit,49 chapters,and Mr Bryant's Recommended London Reading; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's other title to its reverse,title page, an epigram (Horace Walpole) double-page b/w illustrations by Keith Page,and to the rear Acknowledgements with author's potted biography to its reverse.                                  Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of detractig faults.      The nation's longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, guide readers around the extraordinary city that's been at the heart of their 20 book career. Here is London (and some of its citizens) in all their eccentric, elusive, fascinating and often peculiar glory as they've never been seen before . . . As the nation's oldest serving detectives, we know more about London than almost anyone.After all, we've been walking its streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for decades. Who better to take you through its less savoury side? We'll be chatting about odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures and hidden pubs. We'll be making all sorts of odd connections and showing you why it's almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London.With the help of some of our more disreputable friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in his or her own dodgy field, we'll explain why some streets have genders, why only two Londoners got to meet Dracula, how a department store and a prison played tricks on your mind, when a theatre got stranded in the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited Charlotte Bronte about the city and where the devils hide in London.                                        We hope to capture something of the city's restless spirit by shamelessly and wilfully wandering off course. It goes without saying that we'll bluff and bamboozle you along the way but that's all part of the fun. History is what you remember. London is what you forget (and we've forgotten a lot). So please do join us on this magical mystery tour of our city. Who knows where we'll end up? Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **  

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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