sir patrick abercrombie (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1961. Third edition, revised. 291 pages. Pictorial jacket over dark cloth. Black and white illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Zustand: Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. Very good clean copy in original cloth covers. Previous owners name on FFEP. Cover has light shelf wear, remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. Very good clean copy in original cloth covers. Previous owners name on FFEP. Cover has light shelf wear, remains a very good copy. . . . .

viii, 120pp, many colour plates & plans, b/w photo plates & incl text illustrations. Folding coloured master plan in rear pocket. 31x25, glt lettered blue cloth. Very good copy. The 1945 Bath reconstruction plan, typically elaborate, with fine maps, plans, photos etc. The city had suffered a nasty bombing raid in April, 1942, but the Georgians had built well and the city, though bruised, was largely intact. Abercrombie seeks to restore Bath's Georgian integrity by removing much of the Victorian bye-law housing. The Spa should be re-established and there should be a new inner ring road, shopping area, 'traffic islands' etc. New housing was also an urgent neccesity. One of the rarer reconstruction plans.

Each letter 1p., 4to. The collection in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Two items with the Society's stamp. The first three items from 1930, relate to the appointment of a chairman for a 'meeting in March' by Abercrombie at the Society. On 28 November he suggests the Bishop of Chichester, 'who as Dean of Canterbury worked in very close co-operation with me, or Lady Milner'. He next (11 December) suggests 'Lord Cornwallis of the Kent County Council, who is also a member of the East Kent Committee'. He is pleased (16 December) when Cornwallis agrees, writing: 'He has taken a great interest in the work in Kent from its very beginning and it is of the more importance to have him as he represents the wider outlook of the whole county of Kent.' Two letters from 1931 relate to another talk and the typescript of a paper from it to be printed in the Society's journal. On 16 March Anbercrombie enquires: 'I have been asked by a friend who is coming whether it is usual to wear full evening dress on these occasions. My own idea is that that would be desirable for the lecturer but dinner jacket and black tie would be quite suitable for the audience.' On 1 March 1934 he asks to 'see someone and select slides both from the West Wycombe and the late Sir Frank Baines' collection', anticipating that he will 'get something extremely useful for my lecture'. For information on Anbercrombie, see his entry in the Oxford DNB.

Frontis, vi, 395pp, a great many colour maps and plans, b/w photos etc and incl 244 text illustrations. Folding Master Plan & Mining Communities map in rear pocket. 31x24, blue cloth, dw. Very good in chipped and worn dw. A crucial post-war reconstruction plan, which amongst other things had great influence on Scottish New Town strategy. Much of Glasgow's population should be decanted to these new settlements. Scarce.