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A BOOK OF LONDON YESTERDAYS

by Frederick Willis

Published by Phoenix House. 1st. 1960

Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. B/w photos.

Some marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is browned to spine with edge-tears and chips, a little loss.

Stock no. 2134288

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Contents

  • Book I: Learning
  • 1. Life Fades In
  • 2. Early Memories
  • 3. Joys and Tribulations
  • 5. The Board School
  • 5. Education Begins
  • 6. Jollifications
  • 7. My Uncle James
  • 8. Goswell Road Menage
  • 9. Fin-de-siecle
  • Book II: Earning
  • 1. The Real World
  • 2. The Hatter's Shop
  • 3. Labour's Aristocracy
  • 4. 'Made in England'
  • 5. Victorian Shops and Shopmen
  • 6. 'Iron-up, Sir?'
  • 7. On Being a Hatter
  • 8. 101 Jubilee Road, London, S.E.
  • Book III: Spending
  • 1. Impecuniosity
  • 2. The Golden Sovereign
  • 3. The Rosies of 'The Red lions'
  • 4. Bohemian Years
  • 5. 'Sweet Saturday Night'
  • 6. The Old Horse-bus
  • Book IV: Leisure
  • 1. The Youth of the Century
  • 2. Edwardian Nights
  • 3. The Melodramas
  • 4. 'Drivel for the Dregs'
  • 5. The Runacre country
  • 6. Bookshops and Pleasure Gardens
  • 7. Edwardian Holiday
  • 8. Goodbye, Bohemia!
  • 9. The Scarlet Line

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