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RABBITTS, PAUL: : Regent's Park: From Tudor Hunting Ground to the Present

UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.AMBERLEY PUBLISHING,2013.

ISBN 9781445610245.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,Regency period colour pictorial illustration to front of dw/dj with author's capitalised, matt,white-lettered name,a dark blue lettered part-title and brown-lettered sub-title; spine/backstrip with lightly faded continuation of front'sl colour illustration with dark blue lettered part-title,author's capitalised,matt,brown-lettered name and publisher's capitalised, dark blue lettered name to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with author own colour postcard reproduced Rebent's Park's lake scene photograph.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,9-220pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgeents,author's Introduction,13 chapters,16pp of contempraneous monochrome,sepia and colour illustration reproductions and modern colour photographs in 1 block,between pp128/29,Notes,a Bibliography,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear,4pp b/w illustrated book covers of publisher's 4 other historic London titles.                                     Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 10+ year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults. The Regent's Park has a history stretching back through seven centuries, well before the designer and architectural genius John Nash and his patron the Prince Regent laid it out at the beginning of the nineteenth century as the first of the improvements they had planned for London.                The author recounts the story of the park from its origins as a tiny part of the Middlesex Forest to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it became Henry VIII's hunting ground, to its subsequent development in the nineteenth century as London's new West End.This comprehensive history of one of the United Kingdom's most popular outdoor spaces also takes into account the wider history of Britain and its public parks.                            Paul Rabbitts has over twenty years of experience in designing,managing and restoring urban parks across the UK.As a qualified Landscape Architect and current Head of Parks for a South East Local Authority,he is also a published author and regular contributor to journals and periodicals. Currently head of parks for Watford Borough Council,he is also project director for the £6.5 million restoration of Cassiobury Park,as well as an author on books on Regent's Park,Richmond Park,the royal parks and bandstands,on which he is acknowledged as a UK expert.              Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!                      N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.                    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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