Name: LONDON THEN LONDON NOW
SKU: 1820912
Price: 30.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

LONDON THEN LONDON NOW

Published by Dalton Watson. 1st. 1969

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The London scene changes: the camera does not forget. B/w photos. 192 pages.

Front board bowed. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly browned.

ISBN: 090156401X
Stock no. 1820912

Section 1 An eight mile journey west begins in the homes of London's East End but the heart of the City is quickly reached for all roads lead to the Bank
Section 2 Even in scenes that do not show it, St. Paul's dominates the City's west for the buildings curve to accommodate its presence
Section 3 Celebrating London's local government, the camera passes from its great twentieth century road and bridge works to its riverbank home in Lambeth
Section 4 The West End, where theatres and music halls may give way to cinemas and slot machines but the fascination for the sightseer does not change
Section 5 In the shopping streets, the window dressing and store fronts change to meet the changing fashions but the building above, to which few raise the ir eyes, go on unaltered
Section 6 From the wealth of Park Lane, the camera follow the three sides of Hyde Park to end in the London of today, in Chelsea

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