FADING ADS OF LONDON: The City's Vanishing Ghost Signs

We all remember those hand-painted signs on large brick walls of buildings, here celebrated with 150 examples like the old peanut factory in E3, Donovan Bros. "Noted for paper bags", menswear, sound equipment, tea and coffee, ironmongery, cotton spinners, toilet and nursery requisites, to Matchbox cars and mint creams. This special book uncovers intricate fading landmarks of consumerism in London's more rugged backstreets. The various discoloured and worn signs across the city are like a forgotten social and commercial history and an insight into what life was like in the early 1900s. Each has a full colour photograph, the exact location such as 336 Norwood Road SE27 for a fantastic Brymay Safety Match advert or the alluring vintage example for Jack Daniels on 312 Archway Road N6. 150 colour photos, 128 pages, 19 x 23.5cm.
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