Will Someone Lead Me To A Pub? [...] Illustrated by Frederick Carter.

Publication details: George Routledge,1936,

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Burke's guide to London's drinking establishments promises, in its long title, to present 'their Story, their Company, and their Quiddity' in order to 'entertain Those at Home' and 'cause a Spasm of Nostlagia in the Breasts of Englishmen in the Dominions'. The illustrations by Bradford artist Frederick Carter cultivate a slightly wry, old-fashioned look.

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FIRST EDITION, vignette to half-title, 11 full-page illustrations and a tail-piece, all by Frederick Carter, pp. [iv], 84, crown 8vo, original terracotta cloth, Carter vignette to upper board stamped in black, backstrip lettered in black, top edge slightly dusty, contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown, dustjacket price-clipped with darkened backstrip panel and light overall soiling, a little chipped and nicked, short closed tear at foot of front flap-fold with attendant creasing, good

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