None Stated — Picturesque London

London, The Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. 1920. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pictorial survey of London, featuring 24 tipped-in colour plates of charming views by Jessie Currie and E. E. Briscoe, published by the Anglo-American Oil Company. In the publisher's original paper wraps. This copy is an undated first edition. Dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at Bishopsgate Institute. This volume is a charming pictorial survey of London, with landmarks, streets and riverside scenes reproduced in full colour with 24 tipped-in plates from art by Jessie Currie and E. E. Briscoe. Collated, complete. The Anglo-American Oil Company Limited was once the largest distributor of petroleum products in the British Isles, distinguished as the only firm of its time to manage export, shipping, refining, and distribution entirely under a single corporate control, without reliance on subsidiaries.This volume follows a tradition of corporate books of the era, where oil, shipping, and insurance companies produced volumes that doubled as both marketing, publicity and objects of cultural prestige. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, smart. The odd handling mark, damp stain, and spot to wraps. Slight age toning to extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in the odd chip, closed tear and crease to extremities. Tipped in plates are glue at upper edges only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge. The odd spot to title page. Very Good . Ill.: Jessie Currie; E. E. Briscoe. Very Good .