Birmingham

the long version

"A lively, comprehensive and practical guide to the architectural riches of England's second city. Splendidly varied Victorian and Edwardian buildings make up much of the centre, interspersed with modern monuments such as the Central Library and the iconoclastic new Selfridges. Fascinatingly diverse industrial quarters lie close at hand, ringed by suburbs including the graceful enclave of Edgbaston and George Cadbury's celebrated garden suburb at Bournville." "With numerous maps and plans and superb, specially taken colour photographs, this is at once an essential reference work and an indispensable visitor's companion to Birmingham."--BOOK JACKET.