{"product_id":"english-villages-and-hamlets-humphrey-pakington-4th-ed","title":"English Villages and Hamlets, Humphrey Pakington — 4th Ed","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. viii, 120.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The volume is bound in the publisher's original green cloth with black titling to the spine and front board. The binding remains firm, square, and structurally sound, with only trivial pushing to the spine ends and sharp, unrubbed corners. The cloth colour is bright and clean, free from major fading or soiling. Internally, the text block is well-preserved; the pages are generally clean, though the text block edges display typical age-toning and mild foxing consistent with wartime paper stock. The decorative map endpapers are pristine and unmarked. The iconic Brian Cook illustrated dust jacket, now housed in a protective sleeve, presents very handsomely. It exhibits light edgewear, minor rubbing along the folds, and a few tiny nicks to the spine extremities, but crucially retains its vibrant, unfaded coloration across the distinctive wrap-around landscape design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, of Humphrey Pakington's celebrated topographical guide, published in February 1945 during the final months of the Second World War. Issued as part of the beloved Batsford 'British Heritage' series, the work is profusely illustrated with over 130 photographs alongside delicate line drawings by Sydney R. Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe primary appeal of this volume lies in the preservation of its original dust jacket, featuring the highly collectable, vivid artwork of Brian Cook (later Sir Brian Batsford). Cook's striking, flat-colour lithographic designs revolutionized British book jacket art in the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhile bare copies of this edition are relatively common, surviving examples that retain such a bright, un-sunned jacket are increasingly desirable to collectors of mid-century design and British topographical history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eEnglish Villages and Hamlets\u003c\/i\u003e, Humphrey Pakington takes the reader on a lyrical, sweeping journey across the rural landscape of England. Avoiding the dry format of a traditional gazetteer, Pakington organises his explorations both geographically and architecturally, examining the distinct character of local building materials; from the golden oolitic limestone of the Cotswolds to the timber framing of East Anglia and the cob walls of the West Country. Accompanied by a wealth of evocative period photographs and Sydney R. Jones's pen-and-ink sketches, the book offers a nostalgic, yet deeply informed, portrait of rural English life and vernacular architecture as it stood before the sweeping modernisation of the post-war era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55642193494355,"sku":"6562","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261022_105811.jpg?v=1793179612","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/english-villages-and-hamlets-humphrey-pakington-4th-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}