Author: Charles G. Harper
Title: Queer Things About London & More Queer Things About London
Description: London, Cecil Palmer, 1924-1926. First edition. Cloth. Two illustrated volumes from Harper on the strange nooks and corners of London, with the scarce dustwrappers. Two volumes. Written by Charles George Harper, an English author and illustrator of travel books. A detailed account of the strange and curious areas of the city of London, including: waxworks, strange museums, London lamp-posts, city vanes, London citizens, door-knockers, Belgravia, and much more. This set includes: Queen Things About London, 1926. Fourth edition, originally published in 1923. Illustrated with frontispiece, eleven plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. More Queen Things About London, 1924. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and many in-text images, some of which are full-page. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dustwrappers are smart with light chipping to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. A small hole to the front board of volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Charles G. Harper. Very Good Indeed/Good.

Keywords: Queer London More Harper London Charles G. Harper


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