In the original dust cover. blue cloth bindingWith gilte title on the spine. Gilt title and skyline on the front board.

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Gordon Home; Frank Greenwood; W. G. Blackall (illustrator). First edition. A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volumes from A. and C. Black’s ‘The “Charm” Series’; complete with the original dust wrappers. A. and C. Black were a renowned British book publishing company best known for their influential ‘Black’s Guides’ series, that was characterised through their coherent and “colloquial” style and lack of “cultural pretension”. Beyond their small and succinct travel guides, A. and C. Black published a large array of works, including this beautifully illustrated series on counties in England: ‘The “Charm” Series’. This series was characterised by their idyllic studies of little-known ‘beauty-spots, ancient places, and pilgrim’s paths’, and for featuring twenty four illustrated plates reproduced from pencil drawings by a variety of renowned artists and illustrators. ‘The Charm of Cambridge’ was written by Sir Sydney Castle Roberts, a British author, publisher and popular figure around Cambridge, with illustrations by W. G. Blackall. Externally excellent, with only minor shelf wear to extremities. Very Good book.