The Book of London by Roger Baker and Iain Macmillan (1968)

ISBN: 9780718102982 / 0718102983 - The Book of London by Roger Baker, photography by Iain Macmillan. Published by Michael Joseph, 1968. Hardcover. Used, Good condition. 320 pp.

This is an extensive and the most ambitious pictorial record of the capital as it now stands from the glowing stone of a freshly cleaned St Paul's to the tall new buildings that very a familiar skyline. The famous landmarks are included of course, palaces, and churches, bridges and statues, streets and squares.

But the coverage extends further to capture all the various aspects of the city that fascinate visitors and Londoners alike, the bustle of street markets, the solitude of the royal parks, the traffic on Fleet Street, the traffic on the river, the rich selection of shops and hotels, the tough vigour of the docks , the resurgent pub life, the glitter of the theatres and concert halls, royal processions and exciting sporting events. The people who animate this rich scene are there, beef-eaters, bowler hatted city gents, policemen, flower sellers, guardsmen, London's moods, it's kaleidoscope changes of light, its splashes of traditional pageantry are also recorded in pages of colour photographs.

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