About Britain. No. 1-13

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No. 1: West Country by G. Grigson; No. 2: Wessex by G. Grigson; No. 3: Home Counties by R.S.R. Fitter; No. 4: East Anglia by R.H. Mottram; No. 5: Chilterns to Black Country by W.G. Hoskins; No. 6: South Wales and the Marches by W.J. Gruffydd; No. 7: North Wales and the Marches by W.J. Gruffydd; No. 8: East Midlands and the Peak by W.G. Hoskins; No. 9: Lancashire & Yorkshire by Leo Walmsley; No. 10: The Lakes to Tyneside by Sid Chaplin; No. 11: Lowlands of Scotland by John R. Allan; No. 12: Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Alastair M. Dunnett; No. 13: Northern Ireland by E. Estyn Evans.

Complete set of the 13 volumes of the 'About Britain' guides, sponsored by The Brewer's Society as their contribution to The Festival of Britain, 1951. Under the General Editorship of Geoffrey Grigson (1905-1985), the complete work provides an evocative overview of the whole of the United Kingdom in the period following the second World War, providing fascinating ‘facts about its scenery, its monuments, its buildings, its natural history, its people and their work and characteristics’. Each volume contains, several illustrations in colour, approximately 50 illustrations in b/w, two relief maps and 14 pages of strip maps, a delightful coloured title page by artists such as Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997) and Barbara Mildred Jones (1912-1978) and a gazetteer of places and points of special interest.

Condition

13 vols, each 92pp, orig. pictorial boards, unclipped d/w's (a few chips to d/w spines, small tear to one wrapper) in protective sleeves. Owner's signature to pastedown of each volume. A very good set.