Lost London 1870-1945 - Couverture rigide

Davies, Philip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0955794986 ISBN 13 : 9780955794988

Editeur : Transatlantic Press, 2009

Synopsis

Described as a publishing phenomenon, Lost London transports the reader back in time with amazing and evocative photographs. For this revised edition another 16 pages and approximately 50 previously unpublished photographs have been added

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

This endlessly absorbing book that is at once a record of destruction, a haunting collection of relics and a door into the past. --John Carey - The Sunday Times

An extraordinary and sometimes upsetting record of the capital s architectural richness. Stuffed with beautiful images ... this satisfyingly heavy book depicts a grimy, muddy city with spots of aristocratic grandeur, a city on the verge of transformation. --Edwin Heathcote - Financial Times

An extraordinary and sometimes upsetting record of the capital s architectural richness. --Philippa Stockley - Sunday Telegraph

Présentation de l'éditeur

More than 500 spectacular unseen photographs of London, taken between 1875 and 1945, from the Archives of English Heritage. This unique archive shows Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian London before the major 20th century redevolopment. Athoritative text by Philip Davies from English Heritage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transatlantic Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955794986
• ISBN 13: 9780955794988
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible