A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter self-sufficiency ISBN 9781781858820

ISBN 9781781858820

Bill became a fireman on one of them and he writes affectionately of the pains and pleasures associated with these ‘Puffing Billys’

when inviting someone for inclusion in this book

and a dazzling gleam caught by moments through the bubble and seeth

Rupert Hart-Davis

A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter self-sufficiency ISBN 9781781858820A Sultry Month Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846 by Alethea Hayter Faber and Faber, 2022 First edition Black and white photographic plates Paperback with wraps Condition: Near Fine minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to corners and covers (see photographs) June 1846. As London swelters in a heatwave sunstroke strikes, meat rots, ice is coveted a glamorous coterie of writers and artists spend their summer wining, dining and