1925 Inventory of Historical Monuments Vol II West London 2024 Folding Map Illustrated

This work is volume II only of the original five volume 'Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London' published from 1924 to 1930:
Vol. I - Westminster Abbey
Vol. II - West London, excluding Westminster
Vol. III - Roman London
Vol. IV- The City
Vol. V - East London.

This work was commissioned as part of an extensive survey of monuments throughout England by the government advisory body, 'The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England'. First established in 1908, the commission created inventories on a county-by-county basis, publishing around forty volumes over the next seventy years on notable buildings and monuments of archaeological, architectural and historical importance.

Profusely illustrated throughout with a beautiful coloured frontispiece plate, a large coloured folding map to the pocket to the rear of the text, and copious black and white photographs, sketches, and plans.

This copy is lacking the original dustwrapper, as expected. Condition Report: In the publisher's original cloth binding, with black stamped title to front board and spine. Externally excellent, with minor shelfwear to extremities. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine resulting in small splits to cloth. Prior owner's ink stamp to lower extremity of textblock, not visible to text. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities, but very bright and clean with the scattered spots to textblock and 2024 the occasional page. Bookseller's label tipped to pocket to rear pastedown. Overall: Very Good Indeed