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Artist Christopher Brown illustrates with humor and shine every aspect of London. --Livin Cool Blog
Each page of An Alphabet of London can be read like a visual brainteaser...Christopher Brown's sense of humour and playful designs transform what could have been a dry educational book into a fun game. --Linocut Boy Blog
A charming and nostalgic look at London, which is both post-war and contemporary with drawings which are both naive, cheeky and delightful. --Atticus and Finch Blog
Brown's Alphabet is a skillful, movingly personal history of his native city's exuberant, endless creativity. --World of Interiors
Work of art, puzzle book, novelty guide to London...it could be any...we'd file it under A for Awesome. --Londonist Blog
Each page of An Alphabet of London can be read like a visual brainteaser...Christopher Brown's sense of humour and playful designs transform what could have been a dry educational book into a fun game. --Linocut Boy Blog
A charming and nostalgic look at London, which is both post-war and contemporary with drawings which are both naive, cheeky and delightful. --Atticus and Finch Blog
Brown's Alphabet is a skillful, movingly personal history of his native city's exuberant, endless creativity. --World of Interiors
Work of art, puzzle book, novelty guide to London...it could be any...we'd file it under A for Awesome. --Londonist Blog
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London is the only city in the world where you could ever find Gilbert and George sharing space with the Gherkin and the Globe while the Great Fire burns and a gin drinker glugs her favorite tipple, and where members of the Bloomsbury Group hail a black cab while barrage balloons hover over Broadcasting House during the Blitz. In A London Alphabet, Christopher Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge, and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, and jellied eels, all London life is here. A born-and-bred Londoner, Brown recounts his own memories of growing up in the capital, and also describes how he creates his distinctive prints. His unique, often humorous take on London will delight anyone who lives in or visits the city.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful book that you will want to read and re-read.
It chronicles London past and present, starting with the Beatles on Abbey Road and the statue of Achilles in Hyde Park and ending with a Zebra and the Giraffe House in London Zoo.
Each letter of the alphabet has a double page spread, with a beautifully textured colour character and three or four black and white linocut illustrations on the left hand page, and colour linocut of a London landmark on the right hand page.
It includes all aspects of London life - from the Globe Theatre to the Shard.
I thoroughly recommend it for anyone who loves London.
It chronicles London past and present, starting with the Beatles on Abbey Road and the statue of Achilles in Hyde Park and ending with a Zebra and the Giraffe House in London Zoo.
Each letter of the alphabet has a double page spread, with a beautifully textured colour character and three or four black and white linocut illustrations on the left hand page, and colour linocut of a London landmark on the right hand page.
It includes all aspects of London life - from the Globe Theatre to the Shard.
I thoroughly recommend it for anyone who loves London.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Although the illustrations are excellent, this book was rather disappointing to me. I expected much more information about London and how to explore this wonderful city.
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