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Aberdeen: The Architectural Press, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 11" by 7.5". Not Stated. A first edition copy of this account of the destruction of the war to British architecture, in the scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In the original blue cloth binding. In the original scarce dust wrapper. A copiously illustrated volume, with in text illustrations and photographs throughout.A work on the damage of the war to the architectural structure of Britain, focusing on London, Bristol, Coventry, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Manchester, Liverpool, and other large and small towns. Edited by J.M. Richards, with notes by John Summerson. In publisher's original cloth binding. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with fading to spine and board edges. Dust wrapper is price clipped, with loss to front board, closed tears to spine, loss to the head and tail of the spine and board edges, with fading and spotting. Internally,…
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