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An insightful and scarce set that focuses on road developments at the height of the Second World War and Post War construction in Britain. A scarce set of seven volumes of Road and Road Construction: A Monthly Record of Road and Engineering Development, written and published during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath. Volume 22 (1944) not present. Published by The Carriers Publishing from 1942-1949.In the publisher's original cloth. Volumes 20-21 in green-brown cloth, while volumes 23-27 in blue cloth.This set offers readers an insight into the latest records of road developments across Britain during a period in which great planning and change in road systems was expected. Alongside various articles and details are numerous in-text illustrations which include diagrams, photographs, and the occasional cartoon.Volume 20: Part II - 1942 - Contains eight advertisement plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete.Volume 21 - 1943 - Contains four original advertisement plates, with two appearing to be missing, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete.Volume 23 - 1945 - Contains numerous in-text illustrations.Volume 24 - 1946 - Contains numerous in-text illustrations.Volume 25 - 1947 - Contains numerous in-text illustrations.Volume 26 - 1948 - Contains eighteen advertisements and two folding plates, one a diagram of cable manufacturing, and the other a diagram of Hendon Dock Bridge in Sunderland. Numerous in-text illustrations included. Collated complete.Volume 27 - 1949 - Contains numerous in-text illustrations, and three folding plates, including standard bridge designs, and a plan of a proposed trial section at an airport track. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd small mark to boards and spine of volumes 24 and 25. Fading to spines and joints of volumes 20-21, spine and extremities of volume 23, front board and spine of volume 24, and spine of 27. The odd small fading patch to volumes 25-27, including on spine of volume 25. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Brown end papers are clean, with the odd small mark to volumes 23 and 27 and browning to extremities of blue end papers of volumes 20 and 21. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean, with the odd small mark to first and last leaves. Age toning, lighter to volume 27 and heavier to final leaves of volume 23. Very Good.
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