Rare and Unusual Books

Published: London, Grant Richards,
Date: 1917.
Description: 124pp, with coloured frontis and other illustrations. With an introduction by Sir Douglas Haig. Decorated cloth, linen spine, 25x16 Spine sunned and pulled at top, foxing to first and last few pages, title page browned, rest of contents alright. Fair copy
Notes: Mawson's proposals for model villages for disabled Great War veterans. The look like Beaux Art versions of Garden Cities. A very poignant book with interesting illustrations. A scheme along these lines was built by the British Legion at Maidstone, in Kent.
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Price: £45.00