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Smith, Stuart & Deste, [Eileen Olive].
London Day: A Glance at a City.
Publisher: C. & J. Temple, London;
Date of Publication: 1948
Stock Code: 7518
FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. [6], 5-45, [1]. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Quarter maroon cloth with paper-covered pictorial boards. Slightly bowed; spine rubbed at tips and boards showing wear at edge. Rear white panel lightly surface soiled. Contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Scarce photographic survey of the post-war scene in London, including Petticoat Lane market, the bookshops on Charing Cross Road, Waterloo Bridge and many familiar street-scapes. Eileen Olive Deste (1908-1986) was born in Croydon but emigrated to New Zealand for many years, becoming the official photographer for the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition before returning to London in the 1940s; much of heer work is in the Historic England Archive. £95.00