Warwickshire
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. Fred Whitehead paintings. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xi, 371, 8 of publisher ads. Frontis. color plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 74 additional color plates from watercolors with captioned tissue guards, fold-out sketch map. Index.
Bound in blue cloth covered boards with titles and coat of arms blocked in gilt, decorations in green, black and white; top edges gilt. Hinges starting, foxing to trimmed edges and scattered on preliminaries, else pages are clean and collated. Spine ends minimally rubbed, lower corners bumped. Despite condition factors, the decorated cloth is bright and fresh; the book displays well. Very Good. Item #12473 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. .
In the publisher's 20 shilling series. The presence of an index indicates this is a 1912 reprint per INMAN, 87.
Price: $60.00