Buy this book on-line WINN, CHRISTOPHER: : I NEVER KNEW THAT ABOUT LONDONLONDON.EBURY PRESS,1991. ISBN 9780091943196.
UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st illus edn.[The original 1st edn (Ebury 2007),in a smaller
format,illustrated with pen & ink drawings,and was an instant and runaway bestseller.This edn a larger format with the same original drawings,plus colour illus+photographs.] FINE++/FINE-.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean red background with centrally placed black cab photographic illustrated upper panel with b/w lettering, black line illus by Mai Osawa and white lettering to rear panel,
both with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A small,7cm (3/16ths") closed tear/nick with NO sellotape repair,to head of spine/
backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid,
sound and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Dw/dj design repeated to sharp-cornered,matt,paper-covered illustrated boards and immaculate,plain,pale sage-green eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-320pp
[paginated] includes 5 sections comprising
24 chapters,profuse colour illus+
photographs and b/w line illus by Mai Osawa,throughout the text and the book, gazetter,indices (people+places) and
credits (picture+author).Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,scenic
(Tower Bridge at night) colour photographic title-page,contents list/
table,preface,and London's river,coloured map.
This enthralling miscellany guides readers through the heart of the world's most dynamic metropolis.
Lavishly illustrated throughout,its
wealth of beautiful colour photographs complement beguiling pen and ink drawings by Mai Osawa,who is married to the author.
Best-selling author Christopher Winn takes readers on a captivating journey,
revealing the first underwater tunnels,the
first and biggest underground transport system,the highest Ferris wheel,the
biggest dome,the loftiest church.
Steeped in 2,000 years of history,this endlessly fascinating city revels in Roman walls,Norman towers,Tudor palaces,
Renaissance splendour,Georgian loveliness,
Victorian grandeur and breathtaking modern
wonders.
This beautiful treasure of a book is rich
in stories and snippets providing a spellbinding insight into the many aspects
of this much loved capital.It is guaranteed to inform and amuse in equal measure and will have you exclaiming again
and again:'I never knew that!'
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