Hugh Phillips — The Thames About 1750

London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Hugh Phillips"s The Thames About 1750, a richly illustrated study recreating the life, commerce, and landscape of the river, housed in the original slipcase. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards, housed in the original paper slipcase.First edition. Illustrated throughout with 258 figures, some of which are full page.This work offers a detailed visual and historical reconstruction of life along the Thames in the mid-eighteenth century, drawing on paintings, prints, and contemporary accounts. Hugh Phillips (1907–1985), a member of the Council of the London Topographical Society, was a British historian and author specialising in the topography and social history of London. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, lovely. One or two spots to endpapers. Slipcase, very smart. Slight fading, rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight spot and handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None Stated. Near Fine .