The South Bank Exhibition. A Guide to the Story it Tells by Ian Cox - 1951

London: HMSO, 1951. Guide to the Festival of Britain exhibition. Coloured decorated paper covers, numerous illus and advts. Staples rusted, covers foxed, dusty; tear front cover, lower corners curled. contents pretty good.. Not Given. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

LONDON: H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, 1951. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Cover rubbed and lightly marked. Pencil inscription on inside of front cover. Clean throughout. Good.

London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1951. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 7". Various. The first edition of Ian Cox's guide to the lavish 1951 South Bank Festival of Britain, illustrated in colour throughout with adverts. The first edition of this work.A guide to the 1951 Festival of Britain, a national exhibition and fair originally held to celebrate the centennial of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The 1951 Festival did not focus on international themes, however, and focuses on Britain and its achievements in the post World War Two environment.Illustrated in colour throughout, mostly with charming adverts for various products, a total of sixty-four pages of adverts throughout.By Ian Cox, who devised the theme of the Exhibition, and who was the Director of the Science and Technology Exhibition and held various other responsibilities. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, smart, with a few light marks and rubbing to the wraps. A little wear to the spine. Internally, firmly… Read More