Lost Elysium? The Transformation of Middlesex from Countryside to Suburbia as Seen By Eye Witnesses

Piper, Richard

ISBN 10: 1857768892 / ISBN 13: 9781857768893

Published by The Book Guild Ltd, East Sussex, UK, 2005

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185 pages. Signed by author to half title page. No personalised dedication. Chapters include Ruislip, Ickenham, Pinner etc. Very good hardback in green covers, with bump to top edge of back board. Very good jacket. --- General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall conditon of the book(s). We are happy to give a more detailed description (by volume where applicable) on request. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by Royal Mail Airmail for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier books or for tracking (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lost Elysium? The Transformation of Middlesex from Countryside to Suburbia as Seen By Eye Witnesses
• Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd, East Sussex, UK
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857768892
• ISBN 13: 9781857768893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Local History
  • History

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Synopsis

Lost Elysium? traces the development of six villages in north west Middlesex through contemporary eyes at different periods from the 1870s to WWII, followed by the author's own observations of those villages as they are today. It examines in particular the Metro-land phenomenon, one of the most successful marketing concepts of all time, with its promises of affordable homes in the country, and searches for such of the Middlesex countryside as remains. It is illustrated with stunning new photographs by Greg Ward. The places covered are Wembley, Harrow, Pinner, Eastcote, Ruislip and Ickenham.

From the Back Cover

In 1932 London and Suburbs Old and New expounds in a way that epitomises the Metro-land dream: Ruislip Manor may justly claim to be the most accessible and least spoiled of the residential districts round London...On all sides are green fields; close at hand are health-giving woods; you will find houses ready to live in which are reasonable in cost, or land for building a house to your own individual taste. In a word, nothing is lacking that is required to make a perfect residential district.