Recording Britain (161 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In 1940 the familiar British landscape was under attack, not only from the imminent threat of German bombers but also from rapid urban development. The Ministry of Labour, in association with the Pilgrim Trust, commissioned many of Britain's foremost artists to paint a record of the changing face…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Recording Britain was an artistic documentary project compiled as the country was facing the potentially devastating impact of the Second World War. The resulting collection of more than 1500 watercolours and drawings, by artists such as John Piper, Michael Rothenstein, Barbara Jones and Stanley…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket, Volume 1 only of a 4-volume set, features full-page works (some in color) by "well-known artists who were asked by the Pilgrim Trust to make a pictorial record of the changing face of Britain," text accompanies each illustration…

Condition: Good. 1947. 218 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Vol. 2. Insert to front endpaper. Pages are in good condition with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Encompassing Lancashire and Westmorland, Derbyshire, Chsshire and Shropshire, Staffordshire, Welsh Counties, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a small damp stain to the upper rear corner and along the upper edge o…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. Volume II:Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire and Rutlandshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire. A series of four volumes with artwork and annotation, showing architecture lost to war or urban renewal, commissioned in 1940. 219 pages, The entire collection…

Condition: Good. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Volume II. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards ha…

Condition: Good. 1949. No edition remarks. 237 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Colour illustrations throughout by various artists. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking.…

Condition: Good. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear wit…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth backed decorative boards. Edges slightly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 26 cm. Subjects; Painting, British 20th century. Drawing, British 20th century. Great Britain History…