ARKELL, David [254] pp. C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1938 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" Illustrations by Edgar Northfield VG/ VG Scroll Down for (10) Additional Scans: A scarce copy of David Arkell's Pre-War guide to Paris with the dust jacket. Arkell was an English journalist working in Paris, writing a regular column for Men Only. Paris Today is intended as a 'reliable and entertaining guide to the follies and fashions of the town'. It is reliable as a snapshot of the French capital during its expat heyday but the Paris of "today" rapidly became very different in the shadow of the Second World War. Arkell was interned in Europe during the war. With illustrations by Edgar Norfield. David Arkell. Illustrations by Edgar Norfield. C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. London. 1938. First edition. Hardback, octavo; yellow paper-covered boards, backed with black cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge red, dust jacket. 254 pages. Dust jacket, decorative map endpapers and numerous head-pieces by Norfield. English. 190 x 135mm. 0.4kg. Very good, in very good dust jacket; light shelf wear to jacket with slight soiling, light rubbing to edges, light toning to spine, price-clipped; slight wear to board edges, spotting to endpapers and prelims, light dustiness to top edge, slight lean to spine.
