The Heart Of London By H. V. Morton – 1925

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Originally published in 1925, this is the prequel to ‘The Spell of London’ and like the others in Morton’s collection, it doesn’t disappoint. It is touching and amusing in its accounts of the great city of London and its inhabitants

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Pre-owned. Contents Include: The New Romance Where the Eagles Sleep Oriental (Petticoat Lane) Ships Come Home (The Docks) Treasure Trove (Caledonian Market) Cenotaph Romance on Wheels Ghosts of the Fog Battle (Free Cancer Hospital) Babies in the Sun (Kensington Gardens) Faces in the Strand Women and Tea An Open Door (St. Martins Church in the Fields) A Bit Bagdad (Club Row) “Prisoners Only (Bow Street) Boys on the Bridge Night Birds At The Wheel Under the Dome (St. Pauls) Heartbreak House Madonna of the Pavement Sword and Cross (Temple Church) Knockout Land Ghosts (Soane Museum) Aladdin’s Cave That Sad Stone (Cleopatra’s Needle) Sun or Snow Romantic Mutton (Shepherd’s Market) London Lovers In Uncle’s Shop Horsey Men From Bow to Ealing Marriage Marriage Kings and Queens (Westminster Abbey Waxworks) Lost Heirs (Record Office) Fish (Billingsgate Market) Haunted (Old Devonshire House) About Homes in Bondage Royal Satin (London Museum) Among the Men Appeal to Caesar (Privy Council) Tons of Money (The Royal Mint) Where Time Stands Still My Lady’s Dress St. Antholin’s Not for Women Our Roman Bath (The Strand) Left Behind (Lost Property Office) The “Girls” (Piccadilly Circus). No dust jacket, red cloth cover. Corners bumped, edges and some pages tanned and lightly foxed. Book still tight. Inscription dedicated to a person who was leaving ‘her beloved London’ in ink on the first page, dated 1926. Hardcover. Published by Methuen 1925

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Weight 0.241 kg