Search Results: TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain from William Robertson

Cambridge: Pevensey Press , 1986. Hardcover. Good/very good. More than any other city in England, Bath was planned with a coherent vision and commitment to a particular architectural style. Hence, its beautiful Georgian squares, crescents and terraces are the result of a calculated effect - but a very harmonious one. This book reveals the city's Georgian splendour in a series of striking colour plates, accompanied by an authorative text on its history. A feast for both the eye and the intellect. Size,25.5 x 20cm, 96 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library stamps. Grey cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, shows partially missing map on front endpaper, otherwise very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: Michael Joseph , 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good/-. The official visitor's guide to Buckingham Palace, London. A lavishly illustrated booklet including floor plans and close-up colour photos of art, furniture, architectural detail, etc. Comprehensive text gives historical details of the building and its contents. Size, 28 x 21cm, 48 pages, illustrated throughout in colour. Scarlet card covers bearing gilt coat-of-arms, in good condition. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.

Singapore: APA Publications, 1998. First Edition Revised. Paperback. Good. Part of the Insight Guide series to the cities and places of the world. Tells you everything you need to know about the history, people and places to see and go, in Oxford, one of England's oldest university towns. Written by a panel of experts on the town and its history, etc, this is the full size version of the book (not the mini-guide). Packed with fascinating information and illustrated by numerous colour and b&w photos, plus graphics. An essential guide for the visitor, student, or even resident. Contains 274 pages, 22 x 14.5cm. Ex-library, with some library markings. Pictorial card covers with a few barely noticeable creases in the laminate, otherwise in good condition. Internally, shows minor remains of paper library label, otherwise very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

A beautiful collection of photographs, with accompanying text, which illustrates some of the finest examples of the 'old English village'. Provides a visual time capsule of an architectural style, and way of life, that all too often gets swallowed up and forgotten in this modern world. One to browse beside a roaring fire on a winter's day, with a small glass of something in hand, possibly.