About this title: This is a record of long journeys on foot, from Hackney to Chingford and down to the river, around the City in its "ring of steel", and through the heart of Westminster, Lambeth and Millbank. Sinclair writes about the graffiti and guerrilla politics of Dalston, about the cult of feral dogs, and helps to bury Ron Kray. He gains access to Lord Archer's apartment overlooking the river, and considers the novelist as connoisseur, before meeting the great man himself in one of the more unlikely encounters of recent literary history. Sinclair also meets and drags in his wake some of the artists, ...
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780141014838ISBN:0141014830
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 400 pages. (400 pages) introducing the streets of london, this title traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and finding hidden patterns, it intends to create a snapshot of the city. it offers us a picture of modern urban life of london. b&w illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780141014838ISBN:0141014830
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Publisher: Granta, London
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781862070929ISBN:186207092X
Description: FINE+, as new in None called for jacket. 1st Edition. Uncorrected PROOF copy in stiff card covers 384pp...............[ CONDITION DETAILS: Single minor crease to spine (a minor production flaw as the book is clearly unopened), minute speck of rub to cover corner tips, tiny and slight bump to bottom edge of spine at rear tip else a FINE+, as new un-read copy ].......Unless otherwise noted: 1st Edition means First Printing; books are in the original publishers binding; wrappers (present only if ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780141014838ISBN:0141014830
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781862070929ISBN:186207092X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780141014838ISBN:0141014830
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, London
Date Published: 1997
Description: -9 Excursions in the Secret History of London. First edition. Octavo. 386 pages. Illustrated with photographs and a drawing by Marc Atkins. Number VI of XV hors commerce copies signed by the author and photographer, out of a total limited edition of 291 copies issued by Goldmark, Uppingham, with an original handprint photograph mounted on the front cover. Presentation copy from the author to his collaborator, inscribed on the limitation page: ''For Marc-unreliable guidebook to the lower depths' ... read more
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