Rivers and Streams of England
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Sutton Palmer paintings. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xiii, 287. Frontis. color plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 74 additional color plates from watercolors with captioned tissue guards and a fold-out sketch map. Index.
Bound in blue cloth covered boards with titles and decorations in three colors on the cover, gilt titles and color decorations on the spine. Boards a tad bowed., Very Good. Item #12536
Issued November 1909 in the publisher's 20 shilling series per INMAN, 23. 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. .
Price: $60.00