The Cinemas of Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire/Sutton (U.K.): Hertfordshire Publications / Premier Bioscope. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [a bit of wear along spine (with slight splitting there at a few points, although the cover is still firmly attached at the staples), short diagonal crease at upper right corner of front cover, much shorter diagonal crease at lower right corner]. (B&W photographs, line drawings, area map) "In this volume we salute all the cinemas, past and present, of Hertfordshire, including those in Barnet (now part of Greater London) and Potters Bar (formerly Middlesex). We are dealing with cinema buildings, and therefore we exclude public halls and civic centres where films were only an occasional feature in the early days or are only part of a wide range of activities today." Contains mini-histories of over 100 movie houses, grouped alphabetically under town names; iIllustrated with numerous photographs and, occasionally, small drawings. (Yes, there was a revised/updated version of this book issued in 2003, so if you care deeply about cinemas built and opened between 1985 and then -- and also want to indulge yourself in the depressing chronicle of those that were demolished during the same time-span -- then by all means buy that one.) .