bacon cecil walter (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Illustrated by Cecil Walter Bacon (illustratore). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. THere is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front pastedown page, underneath the dust jacket flap. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing and wear, along with an inch deep chip to the top spine end.

Original Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Bacon, Cecil Walter (CWB) (illustratore). Second Edition. Second UK edition. First published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton in 1934. Originally published in hard covers by Harper in the US in 1934. The boards have a little discolouration to the spine and a few other light surface marks. Scattered large brown spots with these bleeding onto the pages around the edges. The pages are otherwise clean and unmarked however. The price-clipped jacket has two small closed tears to the top edge of the front panel and a half inch closed tear to the bottom edge with these surrounded by associated creasing. There is a one inch closed tear at the base of the spine. The rear panel has a half inch tear to the bottom edge in the centre with a small amount of loss. The front flap has a brown mark to the bottom left corner where there is also a one inch closed tear. Light chipping to the corners and some surface discolouration to the rear panel and edge rubbing to the spine. Jacket illustration by Cecil Walter Bacon.

No Binding. Condizione: Near Fine. Colour printed map; overall 66 x 44 cm. folds as issued; exc. cond. This bold pictorial map was created for the Festival of Britain, a national exhibition and fair that was intended to celebrate Britain and its recovery from World War II and help the British people forget the misery of the previous decade. This map is a guide to "local conversation gambits" and lists the topics of concern in various parts of Britain. The map was Cecil Walter Bacon's attempt to encourage his fellow British citizens to look toward the future and the positive momentum of the British economy. No cities are identified on the map, so one has to deduce where these topics are discussed based on geography and one's knowledge of the people in the area. The site of the Festival of Britain is shown in London, with illustrations of the Skylon and the Dome of Discovery, buildings constructed for the fair. Numerous industries are highlighted throughout the map, including factories, power stations, tourism, ship building, farming, etc. Many businesses had either ceased operations during the War or shifted to exporting their goods, and evidence of this is illustrated in the Speyside region of Scotland with the note "Whisky for Dollars," as whisky was sent abroad to reduce the balance of payments deficit. Of course more mundane topics are also presented, including the common British obsession with the weather. Designed by Cecil Walter Bacon. Prepared under the direction of Professor E.G.R. Taylor for the Festival issue of Geographical Magazine, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society. It is interesting to note that the map was sponsored by Esso Petroleum Products, illustrating Esso's new Fawley Refinery, yet the map shows no roads. At the time, petrol was still rationed and was not even sold under brand names again until several years after this map was published. However major petrol companies were marketing their companies and trying to regain brand loyalty well in advance. Printed by Taylowe Ltd. Bryars & Harper (History of 20th Century) p. 125; Rumsey #11513.