Inns of Court
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Gordon Home paintings. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xiii, 211, [4] of publisher ads. Frontis. color plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 19 additional color plates from watercolors with captioned tissue guards and a fold-out ground plan. Title page in red and black. Index.
Bound in red cloth covered boards with titles, coats of arms and decorations blocked in gilt between brown rules on the front, spine titling and coat of arms blocked in gilt between rules; top edges gilt. Spine sunned, spine ends with short closed tears, faint stains to boards, secure binding, Rochester New York bookseller tag to front endpaper. Very Good. Item #12534 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.
First issued May 1909 in the publisher's 7s 6d series per INMAN, 159.
Price: $60.00