Beny, Roloff. The Pleasure of Ruins. Photographs by Roloff Beny. Text by Rose Macaulay selected and edited by Constance Babington Smith.

Thames and Hudson, 1966. First edition, hardcover illustrated boards, ex-library, no dust jacket, covers very good with some shelf wear.  Custom made polyester jacket. Rear flyleaf has scuffs where card pocket removed.  Corner crease on second page after front flyleaf.  Top of spine has some wear. 12 tipped in color plates plus excellent full page monochrome reproductions in photogravure and 29 maps and plans.  Archaeological sites photographed by Beny in Turkey; Iraq; Cyprus; Burma; Honduras; Cambodia; Guatemala; Greece; India; England; Syria; Lebanon; Ireland; Mexico; Scotland; Italy; Haiti; Jordan; Libya; Macao; Peru; Wales; Sri Lanka; Yugoslavia, et al.  14 x 10.5 inches, heavy book.  Later reprinted and revised in 1966 and 1977.