Charles White — London Underground Booklets

London, Underground Railways; General Omnibus Company, 1915-16. Cloth. Twelve very scarce booklets promoting London and the city's surrounding areas, illustrated pamphlets produced by the Underground and the LGOC. A collection of twelve very scarce promotional travel booklets bound in one volume, published by the Underground Railways and General Omnibus Company.These booklets provide insight into London and the surrounding areas as they were during the first decades of the twentieth century, looking at activities and day outs in and around the capital city.Including 'The Zoological Gardens', 'London's Markets', 'The City Churches', 'Kew Gardens', 'Hyde Park', 'St. Albans By Motor-Bus', 'Richmond', 'Epping Forest By Motor Bus', 'Memorials of London: Naval and Military', 'A Tour Through the Centre of London By Motor-Bus', 'Little Walks, Fresh Woods & Pastures New', and 'Little Histories, Being Some Notes on the Towns and Villages in the Outer Bounds of London&apos.Each booklet is illustrated with photographs and maps throughouts.Original illustrated wraps are bound in for each booklet.Each booklet is written by Charles White.Photographs by H. Essenhigh-Corke, Walter Bennington, and F. H. Stingemore.Undated, maps are dated 1915 to 1916. In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: H. Essenhigh-Corke; Walter Bennington; F. H. Stingemore. Near Fine .