Description

Collins, Published for Festival of Britain Office, About Britain No. 3 [Published Date: 1951]. Hardcover, 92 pp. No other printings listed. Good in acceptable dust jacket. Illustrated Paper over Boards have light bumping to edges of covers and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has several 1.5" or less chips and tears and creasing along edges. Light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. Nice title-page art work. One of 13 guides created in the early 1950's aimed at encouraging travel and exploration of Britain in the post-war period. This book focuses on the Home Counties, which includes London and the South-East. It begins with a coloured title-page by a featured artist and ends with a detailed gazetter. Coloured relief map on the cover shows the district at a glance. Includes detailed descriptions of landscapes, towns, and points of interest in the Home Counties. Specific contents include: List of Photographs; A short reading list; maps; Using this Book; Home Countries : A Portrait of London and the South-East by R.S.R. Fitter; Piltdown Man and Swanscombe Man; The Outer Walls of London; The Beginning of London; Gaps, Towns and Castles; The Seaside Towns; The Making of Things; The Great Highways; Surrey Fowls; Plants and Birds; The Wild Gardens of London; The National Park of the South Downs; The Tours - Twelve tours in teh Home Counties; A Gazetteer of the Home Counties by H. G. Stokes