"The Restaurants Of London" 1928 HOOTON-SMITH, Eileen
$550
HOOTON-SMITH, Eileen
[156] pp.
Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher
1928
6 3/4" x 4 1/2"
Jacket design by Edward Carrick
VG/ VG
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w/ [2] pp. restaurant card & receipt tab from Quo Vadis restaurant laid-in
The restaurant was founded in 1926 by Peppino Leoni. When Leoni originally opened Quo Vadis in 1926, it only occupied No. 27. He purchased the property, with the aid of a bank loan for £800. Its moniker was alighted on after Leoni saw a billboard in Leicester Square advertising a film of the same name. Quo Vadis is Latin for "Where are you going?". The cinematic epic, adapted from Henryk Sienkiewicz's classic 1896 novel Quo Vadis, was the highest-grossing film in 1951.
First Edition. Edward Carrick dust wrapper art. 'now an up-to-date book for bons vivants will surely be welcome. Miss Hooton-Smith has spread her net from Hammersmith to Petticoat Lane, has chased maitres d'hotel in mufti down the Haymarket to draw from them their exotic lore, has pursued chefs to their homes where fifteen children feast off old shoes and cabbages more richly than the frequenters of the much advertised hotels. If you cannot find here some restaurant to satisfy your taste, you never will'. 'Chapters' include: The Ritz, Claridge's, The Carlton, The Berkeley, The Savoy, May Fair, Cafe Royal, The Criterion, The Eiffel Tower, Gatti's, The India Restaurant, The Kit Cat, The Piccadilly, Sandy's Sandwich Bars, etc. Uncommon.