Nigel Billen; Lance Knobel — Bankside Defined

London, Duck Publishing, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this illustration guide to Bankside in London, England, with colour photographs throughout. First edition. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs in colour and black-and-white. When Chaucer began his Canterbury Tales, it was from a table at the Tabard Inn in Bankside. Now, six and a half centuries later the story of this unique part of London is still being written. This work traces the origins of modern-day Southwark, on the southern bank of the River Thames. Edited by Nigel Billen and Lance Knobel, British editors and publishers. With photographs from Phil Sayer, an English photographer and designer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Phil Sayer. Fine/Fine.