Exploring London : a Junior Shell Guide : Isobel Barnett & Ronald Searle : 1965 : front cover
One of the long lived Shell Guides, produced by the petrol and oil giant for many years, and this covering London is one of the 'Junior Guides'. Published in 1965 it is an idosymcratic look at the capital city for children and was compliled by Isobel Barnett and illustrated by the incomparable Ronald Searle. The latter is probably why both visitors and inhabitants bear more than a passing relationship to St. Custard's and St. Trinians! The book is designed by Bruce Robertson (d.2014) who went on to found the design partneship "Diagram".
Exploring London : a Junior Shell Guide : Isobel Barnett & Ronald Searle : 1965 : front cover
One of the long lived Shell Guides, produced by the petrol and oil giant for many years, and this covering London is one of the 'Junior Guides'. Published in 1965 it is an idosymcratic look at the capital city for children and was compliled by Isobel Barnett and illustrated by the incomparable Ronald Searle. The latter is probably why both visitors and inhabitants bear more than a passing relationship to St. Custard's and St. Trinians! The book is designed by Bruce Robertson (d.2014) who went on to found the design partneship "Diagram".