London, Eng.: Chatto and Windus, 1951. By Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten With a Chapter on the Modern Inn Sign by Gerald Millar. xv, [1], 336 p.: 70 p. of illustrations; 26 cm. (10 inches). Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and front cover illustration. No dust jacket. Includes a discussion of the evolution of many inn names as the original meanings were lost over time. In Very Good- Condition: cover slightly stained; corners lightly rubbed; 2 tears of 1 cm. (½ inch) or less from fore-edge of pp. 9-10, not affecting text; archivally repaired 4-cm. (1½-inch) tear from upper corner of pp. 135-36, without loss of text; pages and illustrations are otherwise clean and tight. A comprehensive look at both tradition and 20th-century English inn signs. . Very Good-.