London: Sight Unseen: A Personal View of London

by Gwyn Headley (Author), Gwyn Headley (Author), Lord Snowdon Snowdon (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.75

  Go beyond Buckingham Palace and uncover the delights of over 120 unique London buildings captured by one of the great photographers of the 20th century. Lord Snowdon has traversed the city, taking pictures that are evocative, intriguing and inspiring. The result is a tour of London's architecture that reveals the unexpected, the unusual and the largely unseen. He takes you to a boathouse that's the epitome of Georgian elegance tucked away on the banks of the Thames and a staircase that rises from a mooring in front of the Houses of Parliament with a sentry box at the top. And, on Old Brompton Road, visit a humble cottage that presents a cheerful face to the world, painted in a sunny yellow color. How these structures came to be built and for whom and when, is also engagingly told.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.25

  This is a celebration of the capital at its finest with colour photography of all the most panoramic views, most famous buildings - ancient and modern - and the special events and scenes that make the city so unique. The book is divided by subject and the text provides context and background history.