Various — British Art and Building Series

London, BT Batsford LTD, 1945-50. First edition. Cloth. A scarce set of eight first edition volumes from Batsford's series dedicated to the art and architecture of Great Britain. The first edition, first impression of this work. A series from Batsford LTD celebrating the rich history of art in Great Britain. Each book explores the various developments of styles, movements, and trends that contributed to the beauty of British architectural and artistic features. Rarely seen in commerce in larger sets. Comprised of the following:1945 'Outline of English Architecture' by AH Gardner, the first edition. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further black and white plates. 1945 'English Church Design, 1040-1540 AD' by Fred H Crossley, the first edition. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further photographic plates in black and white. 1946 'English Church Monuments 1510 to 1840' by Katharine A Esdaile, with an introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further plates in black and white. 1947 'The Age of Adam' by James Lee-Milne, first edition. With five coloured plates including frontispiece, of which one double page, and numerous full page photographic plates in black and white. 1947 'Local Style in English Architecture' by Thomas Dinham Atkinson', the first edition. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further black and white plates. 1947 'The Regency Style 1800 to 1830' by Donald Pilcher, the first edition. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further full page plates in black and white. 1947-8 'Stuart and Georgian Churches 1603-1837' by Marcus Whiffen, the first edition. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further plates in black and white.1950 'The English Cathedrals' by John Harvey and Herbert Felton, the first edition. With coloured frontispiece and numerous further photographic plates in black and white. Dust wrappers price clipped except 'The Age of Adam' and 'The English Cathedrals.' In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound with light chipping to head and tail of spine, light wear to extremities. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'The Regency Style' dated 1947. Previous ownership inscription undated to front pastedown 'English Church Design.' Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to fore edge affecting occasional margin, pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.