RIGBY GRAHAM'S COPY, TOGETHER WITH CASSON'S ORDER OF SERVICE.

CASSON, Hugh ~ Hugh Casson’s London. Signed by Casson and Rigby Graham.

FIRST UK PRINTING. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London: 1983.

Large 8vo., grey boards lettered in gilt to spine with publisher's device to foot; containing numerous full-colour illustrations throughout; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (unclipped, £9.95 to front flap showing a drawing of the National Portrait Gallery to the upper panel; THE BOOK a touch bumped to corners and spine tips; one tiny stain to the upper edge; near-fine in the near-fine DUSTWRAPPER which is evenly toned, with very minor creasing to edges. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK EDITION. This copy previously in the collection of the illustrator and artist Rigby Graham, with his ink signature to the ffep. Signed by the author to the half title. Casson's order of service from his death in 1999, which was held at St Paul's Cathedral in London, is also loosely laid in, as well as a postcard from the same event, both contained in their own archival sleeve. Born in London, the architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster Hugh Casson lived in London for the majority of his life. The present work brings together a series of drawings which illustrate some of the most important places he frequented during his life and career; his birthplace, St Margaret's in Westminster where he married, Thurloe Place where he worked, and London Zoo, one of the many projects with which he was professionally connected.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine