TALES OF BOHEMIA, TAVERNS AND THE UNDERWORLD Stories and Sketches of People Famous, Infamous, and Obscure

Hardback. No date, but after 1924. A collection of 'yarns' from real life, told on that undefined borderland known as Bohemia; in the bars of town and country inns, and around those obscure sections of British and cosmopolitan capitals collectively and rather vaguely termed "The Underworld". They are stories retailed by men and women who lounge about to pass their leisure hours, watching life go by; tales of famous people related by onlookers less famous; sketches of real life as it presents itself in the raw, in all its ungarnished drama, pathos, and humour; incidents knocked up against while travelling through Europe; yarns of behind the scenes - Paris, London, Berlin, Leipzig, Brussels, Naples, Rome and Monte Carlo. In 3 Parts. Chapter headings include : The Continental Underworld - Criminal and Otherwise; European Gamblers, Cheats and Just Adventurers; In the Underworld of London; In 'Frisco's Chinatown; Clubmen of the Bar; An Old Man's Stories About Women; Tales of Famous Londoners; Character Sketches of Modern Chelsea + much more. 320pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. With previous owner's b/plate to fpd, Foxed and browned edges, some 'bubbling' to r/hand corner of fr. cover, bright gilt letter to sp. a Nr. Vg. copy of a scarce title. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas.