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Lost London: 1870-1945 Hardcover – June 16, 2011

by Philip Davies (Author)

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A spectacular presentation of photographs of Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings captured just before their destruction - most seen here for the first time.
"This endlessly absorbing book that is at once a record of destruction, a haunting collection of relics, and a door into the past." - John Carey, The Sunday Times.

"Each picture contains a novel in this deeply moving, unforgettable book." - Duncan Fallowell, Daily Express. "A magical book about the capital's past." - Sunday Times.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Welcome Rain Publishers (June 16, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1566499607
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1566499606
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.52 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.04 x 1.45 x 11.85 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,108,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #14,928 in Photography History
- #37,011 in Great Britain History (Books)

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This is a high quality book with excellent photos and interesting text.

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Andrea Bowhill

The character of a lost London is captivating.

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2011

Lost London 1870-1945 is a wonderful collection of black and white photos, and unique, this collection shows Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian London before the major 20th century redevelopments. There are more than five hundred images in this book, most have never been seen or published before. We take our first look at different districts of London as they slowly begin to vanish. For anyone who remembers or lives in London the real treat is to study these marvellous full plate images and spot that one little thing in certain photos that is still there to this very day, a reminder this London time and place existed.

I'm going to start with a quick description of the book itself, those thinking of a christmas stocking filler its 29.4 x 25 x 4 cm, and very heavy. The front cover photo Ropemakers Fields, Limehouse taken 1900. The back cover photo is of Shepherd's place Archway and Tenter Street in Spitalfields taken 1909. On both inside back and front cover flaps you have an old map of London with the Thames divide. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. We then have the authors note and an Introduction to The Lost City.

Lets get straight to it, because there are so many great things about this book, wonderful writing, the photos seem still alive, every photo is a novel. You feel you could step inside one and walk around, a part Dickensian aspect. It's about Lost building and streets. Buildings that, unfortunately for some were later destroyed, disappearing buildings with beautiful painted halls and staircases, showing there were fundamental flaws in the legislations designed to protect important historic buildings and even ancient monuments. Later in the book the London blitz arrives and more is lost, then begins a regeneration of a city.

The book starts itself on the cities fringes, in working neighbourhoods, with narrow lanes, crooked, time-worn, overhanging houses. We look at faded grandeur, cheap lodgings, you can still see fragments of a lost place, like Drury Lane and its maze of mediaeval London. As you travel through time coming into London, we see trade and wealth, a merchants palace, lost churches. We take a look at the old coaching inns on the road to Tyburn, and then stop off at the bohemian streets and squares. Back on our travels, passing an old lost bookbinders and publishers, we come across a place for the school of manners, we all pop in for a quick lesson, before taking to the ornate gin palaces and tobacconist. We find a photo hanging on a wall from 1895, the great frozen River Thames, were amazed to hear frost fairs were held on the ice. We continue our wander, but become lost and find ourselves on the other side of London, the fog sets in. The East End, were among the ship chandlers, opium dens a wilderness of dirt, rags and hunger, this part of London is haunting and heartbreaking but filled with a strength of character. If you wish to continue this tour with the rest of us, I'm afraid it has to be with your own eyes, the growing changing city unfolds.

London was never controlled, its guide and layout of its streets was never part of one grand design. It's an unplanned creation and remains unlike any other European city with its own distinctive form, a direct result of its history and this book is here to show its many sides.

A wonderful book for anyone interested in the history of London, photography, a fantastic reference book on buildings and its people, fashions of the times. Above all this book is for anyone who has fond memories of Lost London.

Andrea Bowhill

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MJ

Priceless images

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2012

The pages of this book provide one fascinating view after another of the London of the past. Most are huge and printed in very high resolution, giving the viewer the opportunity to see the images in great detail. Each of these photos is, indeed, worth a thousand words.

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