Abbotsford
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. William Smith, Jr. paintings. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xi, 224. 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 green cloth covered boards with titles and decorations blocked in gilt, decorative borders in black; top edges gilt. Toning to endpapers and light foxing to trimmed edges, spine ends rubbed, light scuffs to boards, previous owner ink initials to front endpaper. Very Good. Item #12537
Issued July 1905, first in the publisher's 7s 6d series per INMAN, 121. 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: $40.00