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Everyone knows their alphabet, but no one knows it quite like this!  Merrell has done it again, and in their own bespoke English fashion they have once again impressed us.  Jasper Conran employs the word whom properly in the foreword, and Christopher Brown pens some interesting thoughts about his lifetime spent in perhaps the world's second greatest city (...well what did you think Peachy would say - Whom You Know is about the Best of Manhattan-but this book is Excellence Everywhere!)  which we adore visiting and perhaps will have an office out of someday.  The real fun comes however when you guess what is actually representing each word of the alphabet.  A picture book for adults loving London, this work is great for the coffee table of every Anglophile you love.   

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An Alphabet of London

Christopher Brown

Foreword by Jasper Conran

London is the only city in the world where you could ever find Gilbert and George sharing space with the Gherkin and the Globe while the Great Fire burns and a gin drinker glugs her favourite tipple, and where a burlesque dancer hails a black cab while barrage balloons hover over Broadcasting House during the Blitz. In An Alphabet of London, Christopher Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons and jellied eels, all London life is here. A born-and-bred Londoner, Brown recounts his own memories of growing up in the capital, and also describes how he creates his distinctive prints. His unique, often humorous take on London will delight anyone who lives in or visits the city. 

• A superbly entertaining A–Z of London, with delightful illustrations by artist Christopher Brown 

• Includes reminiscences of a London childhood by the artist, and also insights into the creation of his charming linocuts 

• An irresistible gift book for all lovers of one of the greatest cities in the world