The Local.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original illustrated paper boards printed in red and black. Fifteen colour lithographs, one double page, by Edward Ardizzone. Re-backed with original spine laid down. Spine a little dulled. Covers partially tanned and with a few small scattered marks. Remains of adhesive from removed bookplate on the front pastedown. Contents clean with no ownership marks. Very good +. Item #9255
"Shortly before the war Ted Ardizzone and I worked together on a book about London pubs, which we called 'The Local'. By the time it appeared the war had begun, and the book's career ended when unsold copies, sheets, and plates of the drawings went up together in the burning of Cassells' premises in Belle Sauvage Yard." From the Foreword by Maurice Gorham to 'Back to the Local' (1949). 'The Local' bears comparison with 'High Street' in its colourful celebration of an aspect of English social life.
Price: £600.00