Wonderful London: Illustrated (Three-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: St John Adcock
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Fleetway House, 1111
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards in good condition with minor surface wear. Bumping on corners and spine ends. All frontis intact. Clean and sturdy copies.
This three-volume illustrated set in the urban history and visual documentation genre presents a panoramic portrait of early 20th-century London through richly captioned photographs and descriptive essays. It chronicles the city’s architectural grandeur, instructs on the customs and trades of its diverse neighborhoods, and illustrates the rhythms of civic life from royal pageantry to street markets. Adcock argues for London’s identity as a city of contrasts—ancient and modern, ceremonial and industrial—capturing its evolution with precision and affection. The volumes detail transport systems, public institutions, and the social fabric that sustained the metropolis, offering collectors a vivid archive of Edwardian London at its peak.
Author: St John Adcock
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Fleetway House, 1111
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards in good condition with minor surface wear. Bumping on corners and spine ends. All frontis intact. Clean and sturdy copies.
This three-volume illustrated set in the urban history and visual documentation genre presents a panoramic portrait of early 20th-century London through richly captioned photographs and descriptive essays. It chronicles the city’s architectural grandeur, instructs on the customs and trades of its diverse neighborhoods, and illustrates the rhythms of civic life from royal pageantry to street markets. Adcock argues for London’s identity as a city of contrasts—ancient and modern, ceremonial and industrial—capturing its evolution with precision and affection. The volumes detail transport systems, public institutions, and the social fabric that sustained the metropolis, offering collectors a vivid archive of Edwardian London at its peak.