Rare and Unusual Books

Published: London, HMSO,
Date: 1948.
Description: Frontis, xi, 122pp+ c190 b&w photos, colour illustrations, fold-out colour plans & maps. Lacks folding plan of old city in rear pocket (this is often missing). Gilt lettered cloth, 31x25. Faint sun markings on edges of cloth, private owner's blind stamp, but a good copy.
Notes: A beautifully produced planning study - in the same style as the British Isles 1940s reconstruction plans. The Plan seems to imply a neighbourhood unit approach, as well as some new roads and open spaces, The Plan is also useful for the information it gives on earlier attempts to plan the city (by McLean, Geddes, the Pro-Jerusalem Society etc).
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Price: £50.00