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[12] 38 plates, three of which are colored. The cloth cover of St. Paul's through the ruins of Bow Church Windows which are all that survived in that raid. The drawings include the destruction of the such buildings as the Royal College of Surgeons, St. Thomas Hospital, Charterhouse (color), the ruins of St. James Piccadilly, The Record Office, and many others.

Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. colour frontispiece with full page black and white line drawings "of historic buildings damaged during bombing of London in the Second World War 1939-1945, with an introduction by Professor A.E. Richardson R.A, F.R.I.B.A. 

Large format book, in good condition, no dust jacket.  Owner signature of RL Shuttleworth on second front end paper.  Acid offset to end papers, with usual foxing and yellowing.  Edges rubbed and bumped.  Some water damage to lower edge of back cover and rear end papers (blank ones).  No discernible damage to any of the plates or text pages.  Some waviness as can be expected.