William Gaunt — Chelsea
London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very neat first edition of this illustrated work on the London borough of Chelsea. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, fifty plates, ten in-text images and a map. Collated complete. A look at Chelsea, its local traditions and associations, and the lives of people of interest who have lived there in recent history. Written by William Gaunt, an English actor and writer. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper also smart with light chipping to the extremities. Minor age toning and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.
