None Stated — Picturesque London

London, The Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. 1920. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, charming pictorial survey of London with 24 tipped-in colour plates by Jessie Currie and E. E. Briscoe, issued 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, generally smart. Pen annotations to front wrap. The odd handling mark and spot to wraps. One or two spots of damp staining. Slight age toning to extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in the odd chip, closed tear and crease to extremities. One very small closed tear to the fore edges of the first two pages. 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 to fore edge. Good . Ill.: Jessie Currie; E. E. Briscoe. Good .