Author: Automobile Association/Ordnance Survey
Publisher: AA Publishing (1991)
ISBN: 0749502509
Category: Reference / Atlas
Synopsis:
This book celebrates the bicentenary of the Ordinance Survey and reproduces their first ever atlas, which made its appearance in 1921 and was based on a national mapping series first produced during the Victorian age.
Illustrating clearly the changes that have taken place in Britain's road systems and network of cities, towns and villages, the atlas is accompanied by a selection of photographs from the Francis Frith collection. These images, taken by Francis Frith and his photographers around the turn of the century, demonstrate, too, how varied and dramatic the changes to Britaiin's towns and villages have been.
For many this absorbing portrait of the late 19th and early 20th century Britain will prove a feast of nostaligia and will remain a useful and intriguing reference of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Notes:
The actual book cover is illustrated the same as the dustjacket. Photos 4 and 5 show the book without dustjacket.
Tags: 20th century | Historical geography | Maps, charts & atlases | United Kingdom, Great Britain | c 1800 to c 1900 | Photo Essays | Pictorial works
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Fine ( Book condition rating information)
Dustjacket Condition: Good
Cover Price: 30.00 GBP ( approximately 61.8 USD )
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Shipping Weight: 4 Lbs 11 Ozs
Item #: MDBK-S-00004
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