The Essential Fleet Street: Its History and Influence Hardcover - 1990

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: Blandford. (Cassell).* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. Minor bump to tail of spine, no rubs, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Black & white photo-illustrated dust wrapper . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.95. Minimal shelf wear. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, seems very little used, if at all. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 184 pp. text. x pp. notes, bibliography, picture credits, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Like Madison Avenue or Grub Street, Fleet Street is a state of mind as much as a place. Ray Boston?s book is a meticulously researched account of the development and influence of a street that began as a royal highway to the City and ended, according to Lord Deedes, as a ?royal nightmare for the newspaper industry?. The book is illustrated with an outstanding collection of engravings and photographs that capture completely the Street?s real spirit of place.* A FINE copy with only minor faults.*