Vintage book containing reminiscences of the theatre and London before 1914.  The author was a journalist on "The Sporting Times":

Palmy Days

by J. B. Booth

Published by The Richards Press in 1957. First edition.

Contents; The London of Sherlock Holmes; London in the Nineties; The Pink 'Un; Irvings Lyceum; A Pride of Lions; Tales of Two Cities; The Poet's Tragedy; Haymarket Memories; Harrison and Maude; A Successful Partnership; Haymarket Personalities; At the Box-Office Window; Master Showman; Among the Artists; The Nitrate King; Two Hoteliers; Food and Wine; Oysters and Talk; Adventures in Soho; Eating-Houses with Histories.

Illustrated with a few black and white photographs or drawings.

Hardbacks, 232 pages, 15 cm by 22.5 cm.

Good condition

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