Френсис С. Прево «The Adelphi»

The history of an area of London known as the Adelphi in 50 pages plus an index and advertisements (London) . . Scarce publication! . .

(5x7.5) Paper-cover boards with illustrated cover . . Top corners worn through . Paper-cover spine worn through at top-end a quarter-inch . at bottom of spine about two-inches of the paper cover missing . page edges foxed and light foxing throughout . . otherwise, despite these flaws a nice tight book! . .

«The Adelphi is, if one may borrow the phraseology of the geography books, bounded on the North by the Strand, on the South by the gardens of the Victoria Embankment, on the East by Adam Street and the West by Villiers Street. . .

The whole of the Adelphi is hallowed by the gracious memory of Charles Dickens, who spent in its neighbourhood some of the most unhappy years of his youth. «. .

The Adelphi was developed by brothers Robert Adam and James Adam, principal architects in the late 18th Century. .