Mine Host London; A Chronicle of Distinguished Visitors (Signed copy)

William Kent

Published by Nicholson & Watson, London, 1948

About this Item

First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19.5 × 13.5cm, 199pp. Signed twice by the author. Firstly to the title page, and secondly with dedication to the ffep (believed to be to Maurice Bowra, the English classical scholar, literary critic and academic). William Kent's impressions of "a few of the millions of foreign visitors to whom London has given hospitality and shelter during nearly nine centuries. Through their eyes - amused, loving, critical, or jealous - we see emerging from the mists of antiquity the shape of London we know". Contains such visitors to London as William the Conqueror, Desiderius Erasmus, Peter the Wild Boy, Karl Marx, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Lenin, Emile Zola etc etc. Condition: A good reading copy. The book is in good condition with some tanning to the pages and bumping to the board's corners. The dustwrapper is tatty, with loss to the edges and fading to the spine but now within a protective sleeve.

Seller Inventory # 016385

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mine Host London; A Chronicle of Distinguished Visitors (Signed copy)
• Publisher: Nicholson & Watson, London
• Publication Date: 1948
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Poor
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)