Shell Guide to Kent 1935 – A Series of Views, of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities

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1st Edition first printing of the 1935 Shell Guide to Kent edited by Lord Clonmore (later 8th Earl of Wicklow). The 4th title in the iconic Shell Guides series co-edited by the poet John Betjeman and later (from 1949) the artist John Piper. Piper edited the guide to Oxfordshire (or Oxon, as it was titled) in 1938. In original wire ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout printed on pale green and white papers. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear designed by Edward Bawden. Text is liberally interspersed with many b/w photographs, reproductions and drawings. Lord Clonmore was an Oxford friend of Betjeman’s married to the architect Eleanor Butler, Lady Wicklow. Contents: “Kent and Sussex Borders” by Sheila Kaye-Smith, “The Invasion of Kent” by Miles Sargent, “Canterbury Cathedral” by Lord Clonmore, “Rochester Cathedral” by the Dean of Rochester, 12 page gazetteer of towns and villages and essays on Golf, and Charles Dickens and Kent by Arthur Waugh.

Title: Shell Guide to Kent, A Series of Views, of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities
Author: Edited by Lord Clonmore
Publisher: The Architectural Press, London
Publication date: April 1935
Format: card covers in spiral wire binding
Pages: 63pp.
Images: numerous monochrome photographs and two pages of maps
Condition: Very Good. Covers worn and creased. Otherwise very good.
Stock Number: RB01906

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1st Edition first printing of the 1935 Shell Guide to Kent edited by Lord Clonmore (later 8th Earl of Wicklow). The 4th title in the iconic Shell Guides series co-edited by the poet John Betjeman and later (from 1949) the artist John Piper. Piper edited the guide to Oxfordshire (or Oxon, as it was titled) in 1938. In original wire ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout printed on pale green and white papers. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear designed by Edward Bawden. Text is liberally interspersed with many b/w photographs, reproductions and drawings. Lord Clonmore was an Oxford friend of Betjeman’s married to the architect Eleanor Butler, Lady Wicklow. Contents: “Kent and Sussex Borders” by Sheila Kaye-Smith, “The Invasion of Kent” by Miles Sargent, “Canterbury Cathedral” by Lord Clonmore, “Rochester Cathedral” by the Dean of Rochester, 12 page gazetteer of towns and villages and essays on Golf, and Charles Dickens and Kent by Arthur Waugh.

Title: Shell Guide to Kent, A Series of Views, of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities
Author: Edited by Lord Clonmore
Publisher: The Architectural Press, London
Publication date: April 1935
Format: card covers in spiral wire binding
Pages: 63pp.
Images: numerous monochrome photographs and two pages of maps
Condition: Very Good. Covers worn and creased. Otherwise very good.
Stock Number: RB01906

1st Edition first printing of the 1935 Shell Guide to Kent edited by Lord Clonmore (later 8th Earl of Wicklow). The 4th title in the iconic Shell Guides series co-edited by the poet John Betjeman and later (from 1949) the artist John Piper. Piper edited the guide to Oxfordshire (or Oxon, as it was titled) in 1938. In original wire ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout printed on pale green and white papers. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear designed by Edward Bawden. Text is liberally interspersed with many b/w photographs, reproductions and drawings. Lord Clonmore was an Oxford friend of Betjeman’s married to the architect Eleanor Butler, Lady Wicklow. Contents: “Kent and Sussex Borders” by Sheila Kaye-Smith, “The Invasion of Kent” by Miles Sargent, “Canterbury Cathedral” by Lord Clonmore, “Rochester Cathedral” by the Dean of Rochester, 12 page gazetteer of towns and villages and essays on Golf, and Charles Dickens and Kent by Arthur Waugh.

Title: Shell Guide to Kent, A Series of Views, of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities
Author: Edited by Lord Clonmore
Publisher: The Architectural Press, London
Publication date: April 1935
Format: card covers in spiral wire binding
Pages: 63pp.
Images: numerous monochrome photographs and two pages of maps
Condition: Very Good. Covers worn and creased. Otherwise very good.
Stock Number: RB01906