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Condition: Very Good. Original History of the coffee house in London: attractively presented student thesis written in extremely neat copper-plate handwriting, in an album featuring sketches, hand-drawn maps and historical details. Includes an interesting social perspective "advertising coffee to combat drunkenness certainly had good effects as well as bad."Tis found already that this coffee drink has caused great sobriety among the nations" (James Howell.) Sketchbook dimensions 210mm x 270mm. Original natural hessian cloth binding. Coffee brown endpapers, with watercolour leaves. Dated 1959, Brighton Art College. Frontispiece with a tipped-in striking wood-cut illustration of The Waxwork building. Chapter headings include: The First Coffee House in England; The Character of The Coffee House; The Rules and Orders of a Coffee House; The People of the Coffee House and The Decline of the Coffee House. Very good indeed. Coffee cup stain on upper board !

Condition: Very Good. Original Short history of coffee houses: student thesis written in neat copper plate handwriting, featuring charming colour sketches of notable London Coffee venues of the 1950s, giving an insight to style and social life of the period. Sketchbook dimensions 210mm x 270mm. Original natural hessian cloth binding. Coffee brown endpapers, with watercolour leaves. Circa 1959; no date given, however a reference made to a 1958/59 exhibition at The Coffee House, paintings by E. L. Millward, with the exhibition catalogue included in the album. Coffee houses featured include: Gaggia House, Dean Street, The Espresso Company "it was here that Espresso Coffee was introduced to London and subsequently to the entire British Isles and Commonwealth." 'Moka-Ris Bar, with a detailed description and illustration of the interior; Le Reve, Kings Road Chelsea; architect Michael Watts; The Orrery "with photomurals of astronomical subjects Ğ cellulose varnished."; The Pin; La Rocco, Dean Street, Soho; La Ronde, bakers Street, architect G. A. Crockett; The Sarabia, South Kensington, architect G. A. Crockett;La Chaumiere, Park Lane; Il Barino, South Kensington with b/w photo; Kon Tiki, Kensington High Street, with b/w photo and sketches; Las Vegas, South Kensington; El Cubano, Brompton Road; Bunjies, off Leicester Square, Full page colour illustration; Heaven & Hell, old Compton Street, with publicity card and illustration; Cul De Sac, Knightsbridge, with publicity card and review clipping. Very good.