First published in 1930, "Angel Pavement" is a social panorama of the city of London seen largely through the eyes of the employees of the firm Twigg & Dersingham, on the first floor of No. 8, Angel Pavement (a small cul-de-sac in the heart of London's commercial district). "Angel Pavement" provides readers with a vivid picture of ordinary London life before the war and the blitz changed everything dramatically and is set against the background of the great depression. The story centres around the arrival of a mysterious Mr ...
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First published in 1930, "Angel Pavement" is a social panorama of the city of London seen largely through the eyes of the employees of the firm Twigg & Dersingham, on the first floor of No. 8, Angel Pavement (a small cul-de-sac in the heart of London's commercial district). "Angel Pavement" provides readers with a vivid picture of ordinary London life before the war and the blitz changed everything dramatically and is set against the background of the great depression. The story centres around the arrival of a mysterious Mr Golspie at Twigg and Dersingham from the Baltic region. Business at the firm has been struggling but Mr Golspie looks set to change its fortunes. His arrival turns life upside down for everyone connected with the firm and not just their work lives but all is not what it seems with Mr Golspie...
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. First Edition. Unusual in tan/light brown leather with gilt titles and five raised gold bands to spine. Larger than normal book measuring 22.5cm tall and 15.5 cm wide. Leather is worn at edges and freyed a little at head and tail of spine. Hinge is splitting at ffep; otherwise binding is good and pages clean. No inscriptions.
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Very Good in No d/j as Published jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book Number 430 of 1, 025 copies printed. Signed by the author. Foxing to page edges, t.e.g. Head of spine very slightly bumped. Cream slipcase with splitting to edges and rubbing to corners. (MODERN FIRST EDITIONS)
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Fair. Exact date of publication unknown. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear-still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xiv, 613. Original publisher's brown buckram, lettered gilt at the spine. Portrait frontispiece. Signed by J. B. Priestley on the title page. Limited edition of 1025, this being no. 177. Fine in original glassine, very good minus dust jacket, with brown inner flaps (chipped with loss) in used, near very good slip-case.
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1935-01-01. William Heinemann. Leather Bound. GOOD Full leather binding. Gilt titles on red and a black leather patch, also gilt decoration on spine. 152pp. 8x5. Previous owner's name. Good for age.
A great novel capturing London between the two world wars. Frequently very funny. Characters brought to life in an amazing way. You'll know ALL of them......especially if you've worked for any time in the city! Captures a broad variety of human feeling and behaviour. Simply wonderful. - DavidD
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Sep 6, 2007
Nostalgic Look At London
Priestley captures a time now long gone - when ships unloaded their cargo in the heart of London. Now it's all container ships at Tilbury and London is a glittering city full of "suits".
