Victorian and Edwardian Brighton from old photographs
by Betjeman, John, and J. S. Gray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1972). Small 4to; original oatmeal boards; price-clipped laminated pictorial dustwrapper; unpaginated; 154 period photographs. Dustwrapper very slightly worn at head of spine panel; light foxing to endpapers and reverse of dustwrapper. Very good condition. "The earliest photographs in this book show Market Street and Duke Street as they were about 120 years ago. The latest, taken some 70 years later, records a portent: a solid-tired mail van in collision with a lamp standard in 1909. Between these dates the pictures reflect with uncanny verisimilitude the changing life of Brighton at a period when, by present-day standards, change seems imperceptible. ... Besides Brighton itself, it should be emphasised, the book includes Hove, Shoreham, Portslade, Roedean, Lewes, and Rottingdean. The photographs have been selected principally from the collection, consisting of several thousand items, of Mr J. S. Gray (who has also contributed the information for the picture captions). Sir John Betjeman's introduction, while setting the scene for the illustrations, suggests something of the part which Brighton played in his own early days." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3954
- Title
- Victorian and Edwardian Brighton from old photographs
- Author
- Betjeman, John, and J. S. Gray
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1972)
- Keywords
- Brighton. Sussex. Hove. Photography. Victorian Age. Edwardian Age. Local History. Topography. Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Britain;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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