Simpson (John W.) Paris Rosemary
£85
for remembrance of bygone scenes and circumstances
London, Hutchinson, 1927.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
Sir John W. Simpson, a leading architect, recorded his impressions of Paris and its vanished corners in this 1927 volume.
In stock
Internally very good; cloth sharp and bright; jacket with some rubbing to edges, very slightly dulled at spine, otherwise very good.
Frontispiece portrait.
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