Essex
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. L. Burleigh Bruhl paintings. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xii, 261, [6] of publisher ads. Frontis. color plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 74 additional color plates from watercolors with captioned tissue guards and a fold-out ground plan. Title page in red and black. Index.
Bound in Vandyke brown cloth covered boards with titles blocked in gilt, coat of arms and decorative borders in three colors; top edges gilt. Foxing to fore edges, previous owner ink signature on the front free endpaper, scattered light foxing to first leaves, spine ends minimally rubbed, corners just nudged. Transfer toning to back endpapers from laid in newspaper clipping. Very Good. Item #12476 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.
Issued May 1909 in the publisher's 20 shilling series per INMAN, 26.
Price: $100.00