Walter Shaw Sparrow — A Book of Bridges

London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming study of bridges, copiously illustrated with colour plates by Welsh artist Frank Brangwyn. First edition. In the original cloth binding. Copiously illustrated throughout by Frank Brangwyn, including thirty-six colour plates and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Collated, complete. This well-versed work on bridges includes chapters on Roman constructions, the evolution of unfortified bridges, the significance of natural bridges, and more. Written by Walter Shaw Sparrow, a Welsh writer on art, architecture, and furniture. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With a small split to the head of the back strip and a few minor marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spots throughout. Plate borders are blind-stamped with previous owner's address, not to the illustrations themselves. Good . Ill.: Frank Brangwyn. Good .