Main entry:

Davies, Philip (Philip H.)

Title & Author:

Lost London, 1870-1945 / Philip Davies ; foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester.

Publication:

Amersham : Trans Atlantic, 2009.

Description:

368 pages : black and white illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Published in association with English Heritage.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Images of London 1870-1945 -- ch. One Urban Penumbra -- City fringe -- ch. Two Engine of Commerce -- City of London -- ch. Three Between Two Cities -- Holborn and Strand -- ch. Four Imperial Capital -- Westminster and the West End -- ch. Five City of Dreadful Night -- East End -- ch. Six London-Over-The-Water -- South London -- ch. Seven Urban Villages -- Villas and leafy gardens -- ch. Eight Zenith 1918-39 -- Sovereign of cities -- ch. Nine Catastrophe 1940-1945 -- city in ruins.

Summary:

More than 500 spectacular unseen photographs of London, taken between 1870 and 1945, from the Archives of English Heritage. This unique archive shows Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian London before the major 20th century redevelopment.

ISBN:

9780955794988 (hardcover)
0955794986 (hardcover)
9781566499606 (hardcover)
1566499607 (hardcover)

Subject:

Historic buildings England London History 19th century Pictorial works.
Historic buildings England London History 20th century Pictorial works.
Historic buildings.
Städtebau.
Arkitektur.
Byggnader.
London (England) History 1800-1950 Pictorial works.
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 1800-1950 Ouvrages illustrés.
England London.
London.

Form/genre:

Staff pick. IP
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

English Heritage.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277467
Call No.: BIB 212288
Status: Available