Author: Lambert, Sam (ed.)

Publisher: London: The Architectural Press.

Format: Softcover oblong octavo with colour screenprint wrappers, 104pp, 14.5 x 21.7cm.

Fourth edition. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster (British, 1908–1986).

A post-war London guidebook aimed at intellectuals and bohemians that covers a 24-hour cycle in the ‘misleading city’ – where the author claims that the best parts of London are hidden away, only to be found by those searching. The aim of this guidebook was to take the visitor to “a ducal home, a murder trial, Savile Row, a theatre-club, the House of Commons, a nightclub. So that you may know at last where to get the best glass eye, riding boots, moussaka, glimpse of the 18th century, riverside pub, jazz, coffee.” It begins at 7am and ends at 6am the next day.

Light creases to corners and wrappers.