Search Results: Recording Britain by Arnold Palmer

Oxford University Press, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Lightly read, unmarked book. Sunning and few light stains of hardcovers, Numerous and beautiful full-page drawings, washes b/w and color, throughout.

OXFORD Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. FOUR VOLUME SET VERY GOOD FIRSTS IN RED CLOTH SUNNED SPINES.

london: Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover. F-/F- All covers have color fading, discoloration. Bookblocks and interior pages have age toning. Djs have significant tearing, foxing, staining, discoloration.. Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering in spine. White dj. Illustrations. 4 Volumes. "Drawings of places and buildings of characteristic national interest, particularly those exposed to the danger of destruction by the operations of war." Edited with notes by Arnold Palmer.

London: Oxford University Press with The Pilgrim Trust. 4 volume set. 1st printings (1946-9). 223; 219; 227; 238pp. Original red cloth with silver gilt titles to spine. All vols VG copies, bindings square and tight, some moderate rubbing, marking and fading to covers, spines slightly faded but silver gilt still bright, internally excellent, all plates present and bright, no dust jackets . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1946.

Oxford University Press, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949. First edition, complete in 4 hardback volumes. 8vo (25cm by 19cm), xi, 223pp; ix, 219pp; ix, 227pp; ix, 238pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w and colour. Original red cloth, no dustwrappers. Light sunning of the spines, bookplate to the front free endpaper of volume 3, some minor foxing; overall, this set is in good to very good condition.

Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press in association with The Pilgrim Trust. London & Edinburgh. 1946-1949. 4 volumes. 4to.. pp. xi, (i), 222, (ii). 107 plates; viii, (ii), 218, (iv). 104 plates; viii, (ii), 226, (ii). 104 plates; viii, (ii), 237, (i). 106 plates. Many of the plates are in sepia or colour. Clean and bright copies in excellent state. *INTRODUCTION - '.... the outward aspect of Britain was changing all too quickly before the War at the sinister hands of improvers and despoilers' The plates were produced by the top contemporary artists, some 95 in all, listed in the Index to v.IV. These include JOHN PIPER - BARBARA JONES - MARTIN HARDIE - RUSSELL FLINT - MICHAEL ROTHENSTEIN - THOMAS HENNELL - LOUISA PULLER.

Published by Oxford University Press, in association with The Pilgrims Trust, 1946-49, 1st editions. Each has red cloth boards with silver lettering to spines. Vols 1, 3 & 4 have dustwrappers, vol 2 does not. Each 10ins x 7.75ins. Volume one, 1946 : xi, (i), 224pp containing 105 full page illustrations. Volume two, 1947 : ix, (i), 219pp with 104 illustrations. Volume three, 1948 : ix, (i), 227pp with 104 illustrations. Volume four, 1949 : ix, (i), 238pp with 104 illustrations. The purpose of the project was to record the changing face of Britain - in particular buildings or views which the artists felt were likely to disappear, either from the effects of war or from the changes in lifestyle. 95 artists provided illustrations for these four volumes. Amongst them were John Piper, Barbara Jones, S.R. Badmin, Kenneth Rowntree, Clifford Ellis, Thomas Hennell, Michael Rothenstein, Rowland Suddably, Stanley Anderson, Martin Hardie and Sir William Russell Flint. The illustrations are grouped… Read More

Oxford University Press in Association with the Pilgrim Trust 1946-1949. (Cloth) xi, 222; viii, 218; viii, 226; viii, 238pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Protected jackets show chips and wear to spine heads and heels. Else very bright and clean. Profusely illustrated in colour, sepia and monochrome. Boards are red-brown cloth with silver letting to spines. Unmarked and clean within. Beautiful set. Will require additional shipping..

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1946. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5",. None. An illustrated collection printed in association with the Pilgrim Trust, recording the changing face of Britain, each volume covering a different area of England with watercolour drawings in colour and monochrome of places and buildings of characteristic In four volumes complete. Volume one covers the areas of London and Middlesex, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Volume two covers the areas of Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Huntingtonshire, Northamptonshire and Rutlandshire, Norfolk and Yorkshire. Volume three covers the areas of Lancashire and Westmoreland, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, Welsh Counties, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. Volume four covers the areas of Wiltshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. The Pilgrim Trust is a London-based charitable trust. It was founded in 1930 by a two million pound… Read More