Recording Britain Volumes 1-4

Oxford, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1946. First edition Four Volumes . Pictorial Domesday of Pre-War Britain. The result of a monumental undertaking in 1940, when the Ministry of Labour commissioned 95 of Britain's foremost artists to go out and paint a record of the changing face of the country before it was too late. Hardcover Books , A matching set.1st ed, Book 1, 222 pages covering London , Middx, Surrey, Berkshire, Bucks, Herts and Beds. Book 2, 218 pages coveringCambs, Hunts, Northants, Rutland, Norfolk and Yorkshire. Book 3, 226 pages coveringLancs, Westmorland, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, Staffs, Welsh counties, Worcs, Hererrfordshire Oxfordshire, and Glos. Book 4, 237 pages coveringWilts, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hants Sussex and Kent. With a comprehensive index. B/w and colour illustration throughout. Artists include John Piper, Clifford Ellis, Vincent Lines, Russell Flint, Charles Knight,Rowland Hilder Thomas Hennell and W. Fairclough and many more. Each Volume is bound in red buckram with the Green variant dustjacket. Previous owners Name and date to each volume. A fine set in near Fine dustjackets . Pictures available. This is a heavy set and may require extra postage costs.