History With A Sketch-book..
Bound in original grey cloth. Top edges red. Some water stains on boards. Deckled edges, hand cut at side, with a few tears. Otherwise good condition.
£12.00
Publisher
John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.,
Place
London
Date
1926
Synopsis
Written and illustrated by donald maxwell.
Item Description
8vo. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. xiv + 174 pp. Half title.
Illustrations
Illustrated by coloured frontispiece and by numerous full page and vignette drawings in text.
Notes
Delightful work, full of fine drawings by Donald Maxwell (1877-1936). The greater part of the book relates to Kent and Sussex, including smuggling, vineyards, the reconstruction of Watling Street for modern traffic, the Wealden cloth industry and the North Kent cement industry. Other chapters are concerned with the improvements to the Great West Road, the New River in London and the Essex silk and Surrey iron industries.
[Stock No. 21781]
Subjects
20th Century • Illustrated • Kent • Maxwell • Topography