British Highways and Byways from a Motor Car Being a Record of a Five Thousand Mile Tour in England, Wales and Scotland
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1911. Third Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 319. Frontis. color reproduction with tissue guard. Sixteen illustrations in color and thirty-two duogravures from photographs with tissue guards, two maps. Index. Bound in light gray ribbed cloth, stamped gilt titles, black and beige stamped illustration in blind rules on cover. Laid paper, top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Brentano's bookseller tag. Covers bumped, nicked and stained. Bright leaves and sound binding. Good+. Item #4999
Thomas Dowland Murphy (1866 - 1928) had the pre-eminent US art calendar publishing company based in Red Oak, Iowa and wrote travelogues of Europe and America. This offering is a lovely example of Arts and Crafts - inspired design. Third printing of the corrected and augmented second edition.
Price: $35.00