Hot Bread and Chips. First Edition. First Printing.

Flint, Elizabeth; Fowler, Margaret

Published by London. Museum Press Limited, 1963

About this Item

London. Museum Press Limited. 1963. First Printing. Hard Cover. Crown 8vo 7½" x 5" [19cm x 12.7cm]. approx. 183 pp. Ochre coloured boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards are in very nearly fine condition. Endpapers have some minor foxing along with a small area to one blank page in the rear matter. Fore edge and top and bottom are spotted with foxing. Text block is fine with no marks or wear. Binding is tight. Black and white frontispiece full page drawing illustrated by Margaret Fowler along with 11 other drawings in the text. Pictorial unclipped dust wrapper is in amazing condition for its age with vibrant, fresh colours and only a small amount of creasing at the spine head. No tears; exceptionally minor knocking at two corners. We also have the sequel to this memoir 'Kipper Stew' in the same condition. Copies in this condition are extremely hard to find. Graded as in very good plus condition. The story of a family living in a back street of London's East End in the early years of the century where hot bread was the staple diet and fish and chips a luxury.

Seller Inventory # 2322FEB001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hot Bread and Chips. First Edition. First Printing.
• Publisher: London. Museum Press Limited
• Publication Date: 1963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good