Buildings of To-day and To-morrow. A Review of Modern Construction.

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First and only edition. A very large (105cm x 38cm) foldout panorama of ?The Bund - Shanghai?, large folding map (55cm x 51cm) and numerous photographic plates. Folio, measuring 38x25cm. Original decorated cloth-backed boards, bockblock cracked, but overall still a very good copy. 78pp. London, Privately Printed,  "The object of this book is, in the first place, to review the past and present activities of the firm Trollope & Colls, and at the same time to direct attention to the fact, as will be seen from the following pages, that the scope of the Company's business is not limited to building and public works contracting at home and abroad, but embraces the highest class of decorative work and furnishing, both for ships and for buildings." (p. 4). Trollope & Colls was one of the largest construction companies in the UK. It was formed in 1903 as a merger of two family firms going back to the 18th century. They were known for interior decoration (including the fitting of ocean liners), cabinet making, building, and civil engineering. The last chapter focusses on construction in Shanghai incl. the Glen Line Building, the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank. …

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Title
Buildings of To-day and To-morrow. A Review of Modern Construction.
Author
TROLLOPE & COLLS LTD.
Publication year
1924
Binding
Hardcover

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Established in 1853, Maggs Brothers is one of the world's oldest antiquarian booksellers still operating today. We sell books worldwide through the internet as well as from our regularly published catalogues, and we are delighted to welcome customers to our two premises in Bloomsbury and Mayfair.

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Travel Books, illustrated books, Illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, Bookbindings, Continental books including incunabula, Fine printing, Autographs and Manuscripts, English-language literature of all periods, books of the Far East including Japanese photobooks

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