1945: RARE SIGNED COPY: GREATER LONDON PLAN 1944. PROFESSOR ABERCROMBIE.

Description: A MAGISTERIAL WORK BY PROFESSOR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE ON THE FUTURE SHAPE OF GREATER LONDON. A FOUNDATION WORK ON TOWN-AND-COUNTRY PLANNING. SIGNED BY ABERCROMBIE ON THE TITLE PAGE. MANY FOLD-OUT MAPS, PLANS & PHOTOGRAPHS. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORK ON GREATER LONDON EVER PUBLISHED. IT WAS ADOPTED BY THE INCOMING LABOUR GOVERNMENT. 1ST, 1945. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 221 PAGES. PLEASE NOTE: 2 PLANS CALLED-FOR IN THE REAR POCKET ARE NOT PRESENT. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FOLD-OUT MAPS & PHOTOS. 6 COPIES ON THE INTERNET, NONE OF THEM SIGNED, CHEAPEST £154. THE PRICE REFLECTS THE ABSENCE OF 2 PLANS. PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE WAS THE DOYEN OF TOWN PLANNING, WHO HAD BEEN CALLED "THE MODERN WREN." HE WAS APPOINTED PROFESSOR OF TOWN PLANNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON IN 1935. PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT, HE HAD BEEN PROFESSOR OF CIVIC DESIGN AT LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY FOR 20 YEARS. HE FIRST GAINED PROMINENCE IN 1913 WHEN HE WON THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE NEW DUBLIN TOWN PLAN. HE PUBLISHED REGIONAL PLANNING SCHEMES FOR LARGE AREAS OF ENGLAND & WALES. HE DESIGNED INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES & MINING VILLAGES. HE DESIGNED THE UNIVERSITY OF CEYLON AND AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AT HAIFA, PALESTINE. HE WROTE THE STANDARD TEXT-BOOK ON T & C. PLANNING. HE CHAIRED THE COUNCIL FOR THE PRESERVATION OF RURAL ENGLAND AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS. HE WAS AWARDED THE ROYAL GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. HE EDITED THE 'TOWN PLANNING REVIEW.' HE DIED IN 1957. PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE (+ MONOCLE.) POSTAGE IN UK, £2.50.. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. DOWNSIZING MY LIBRARY. MANY BOOKS TO COME. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS, INCLUDING BOOKS ON MOUNTAINEERING, THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET.

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Location: London, London

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