Author: ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
Title: Volumes CI and CII (12 issues numbered 601 to 612 bound in two volumes, with additional issue 613 bound at end of second volume)
Description: London, Architectural Press 1947 (1948) 228pp (vol CI); 212pp (vol CII); 72pp (issue 613), many bw photographs and drawings throughout, on various coloured papers. 36x29, attractive green cloth, glt colophon and lettering (two uniform volumes) Cloth damp damaged, contents very good. A year of issues of this important and influential journal; the binding is slightly idiosyncratic with issues 601 to 607 in the first volume, and 608 to 613 in the second. Rebinding would be possible for those with a desire for greater structure! [NB - the covers and adverts are not present]Coverage includes many key architectural and planning concerns of the immediate post-War era, with special issues on Gas in the National Plan rubbing shoulders with special issues on China, along with the usual supplements and articles. A particular interesting supplement features the ground-breaking Hertfordshire County Architects Department work on schools, with designs for Cheshunt, Croxley Green and Essendon illustrated.[Heavy item - may require additional postage]

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