"City Of Encounters A London Divertissement" 1932 BURKE, Thomas Harry's New York Bar Paris

"City Of Encounters A London Divertissement" 1932 BURKE, Thomas Harry's New York Bar ParisBURKE, Thomas [372] pp. Constable & Co Ltd 1932 7 3 4" x 5 5 8" Jacket design by G Hines First edition. A scarce title on London from a true connoisseur of the metropolis, its boroughs, streets, and inhabitants. A true London flneur, Burke urges the reader to explore the city without guide books and maps they are useless, throw them away and wander, he writes. Mixing memoir with captivating tales about London and Londoners, Burke weaves a vivid and

After moving to Paris

He was active from 1930 (at the age of 20) until his final book

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w/ a chapter on polo & a preface on hunting

Polin and Yvette Guilbert

This is a Lebanese 'My Sister Eileen'

Morning-Glory Fizz

together with the feast days and the fast days and many proverbs from many lands

CHAMBERLIN

bright and tight textblock

which probably allows it to be at the same time more personal and more direct

New w/ Barneys NY tag attached