Gibbon's house

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HairyArsedBloke replied

25 September 2010, 11:22
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Hi Gibbon,
Strolling around Marylebone I couldn't help noticing that you used to live at 7 Bentinck Street. Did you know that's just 2 doors down from where Kim Philby and Guy Burgess used to live (no blue plaque at no. 5 for them)?

But they are not the most ignominious lowlifes to inhabit the area, because REC have their offices on the corner with Welbeck Street.

That whole area has a very dubious past going back centuries.

It has had many nefarious residents.
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thunderlizard replied

25 September 2010, 11:14
Here's one coming up for sale next week:
GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A New Edition. London: John Murray, 1881. 8 vols, 8°. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, morocco labels (light rubbing). Provenance: Arthur Wakefield Chapman (bookplate). (8)

Its former owners should have read it more thoroughly I think.
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Gibbon replied

24 September 2010, 06:55
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Hi Gibbon,
Strolling around Marylebone I couldn't help noticing that you used to live at 7 Bentinck Street. Did you know that's just 2 doors down from where Kim Philby and Guy Burgess used to live (no blue plaque at no. 5 for them)?

But they are not the most ignominious lowlifes to inhabit the area, because REC have their offices on the corner with Welbeck Street.

If I lived there now then the tone would be even lower, hence why I'm now in Leeds.

Talking of Gibbon, Edward that is, I'm having trouble sourcing a complete version of his work in hardbacks for a reasonable price. I know some of the work is now viewed as invalid but I love his prose and it was this work that really got me into studying this area.
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NickFitz replied

23 September 2010, 16:37
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Hi Gibbon,
Strolling around Marylebone I couldn't help noticing that you used to live at 7 Bentinck Street.

Why, so he did
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thunderlizard started a topic Gibbon's house

23 September 2010, 14:37
Gibbon's house

Hi Gibbon,
Strolling around Marylebone I couldn't help noticing that you used to live at 7 Bentinck Street. Did you know that's just 2 doors down from where Kim Philby and Guy Burgess used to live (no blue plaque at no. 5 for them)?

But they are not the most ignominious lowlifes to inhabit the area, because REC have their offices on the corner with Welbeck Street.
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