SECOND PRINTING FINE COPY IN SLIPCASE (WITH A FEW MARKS). ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. INTRODUCTION BY M.R.D. FOOT. PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE BY IAIN MONCREIFFE. AFTERWORD BY PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR.
TWO VOLUMES. QUARTO. RAISED BANDS. HALF CALF. SOME WEAR TO SPINE AND BOARD CORNERS. GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION TO SPINE. MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND PAGE EDGES. TIGHT BINDING. BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS TO NEARLY EVERY PAGE. HEAVY BOOKS WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGES FOR OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS.
TWO CATALOGUES BOUND TOGETHER. ‘ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF A LOAN COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS’ BY REYNOLDS ROMNEY GAINSBOROUGH HOPPNER RAEBURN AND OTHER ARTISTS. CATALOGUE 1 DATED 1900 73 PAGES. CATALOGUE 2 DATED 1903 79 PAGES. BOUND IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN ATTRACTIVE GREEN BUCKRAM. ABOUT 100 ILLUSTRATIONS TISSUE GUARDS. VERY GOOD. SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER (FADED TO THE SPINE) NEW END PAPERS 192 PAGES 38 PLATES HENCE THE FIRST FIVE OF THE ORIGINAL SIX PARTS. LACKS ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE. THE TEXT AND PLATES ARE CLEAN. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK.
