Montreux
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis paintings. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 112. Frontis. color plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 19 additional color plates from watercolors with captioned tissue guards. Title page in red and black. Index.
Bound in blue cloth covered boards with titles and vignettes blocked in gilt between orange double rules on the front, spine titling and coat of arms blocked in gilt between rules; top edges gilt. Toning to endpapers, minimal toning to trimmed edges, previous owner ink gift inscription on the front pastedown, else pages are clean and collated, corners just a tad worn, slight dent to lower edge rear board. Very Good-. Item #12467 Renowned for capturing locales, in print and picture, prior to the onset of full-tilt industrialization and easy automobile access, the A & C Black travelogues are unique in their distillation of former times and places: armchair travel defined. .
2000 copies issued April 1908 in the publisher's 10s series per INMAN, 171.
Price: $80.00