BRITTANY by Menpes, Dorothy - 1905

Adam & Charles Black, 1912. hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

London: A & C Black, 1905. Covers and contents clean. Slightly faded. Spine darkened. Lower corners bumped. No inscriptions. All 75 plates and tissue guards present.. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mortimer Menpes. 6" x 8.5". Hardback.

London: Black, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good minus. Foxing. Name on inside cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Published by Adam & Charles Black, 1912. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Menpes, Mortimer. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Mauve cloth with green decoration. Gilt title to spine. Grey/green title to front cover. 75 tissue-guarded colour plates. 1" split to top of spine, which is very browned with wear. Rest of covers are unevenly faded with wear; bumping to corners. Foxing. Some guards are browned. Light browning to plate margins.

Published by Adam & Charles Black,London, 1912, reprint. Purple cloth with light green decorations. Gilt titling to spine and front board. Teg. 9ins x 6.75ins, ix, (i), 254pp plus 75 tissue guarded colour plates. Part of the twenty shilling series. Gift inscription on headed notepaper pasted to front free endpaper. Spine a little browned otherwise VG.

Published by Adam & Charles Black,London, 1905, 1st edition. Purple cloth with light green decorations. Gilt titling to spine and front board. Teg. 9ins x 6.75ins, ix, (i), 254pp, 4pp book list plus 75 tissue guarded colour plates. Part of the twenty shilling series. Large gift inscription (dated 1906) front free pastedown. Final page of book list very browned. Spine a little faded otherwise VG.

Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. First edition without jacket on blue illustrated cloth gilt lettering to spine and outer boards cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Mortimer Menpes. A beautifully illustrated topographical guide to Brittany, in the smart original cloth binding. This work is one of a larger series produced by A and C Black, which saw many decoratively bound and profusely illustrated topographical works on various countries. Menpes went on a sketching tour of Brittany in 1880 and this work contains several sketches from this journey. Illustrated throughout by Mortimer Menpes with the text written by his daughter Dorothy. With seventy-five colour illustrations. Mortimer Menpes was an Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator. This work is a reprint published seven years after the work's initial publication. A smart example of this comprehensive guide which takes the reader on a journey around many parts of Brittany, discussing its history and culture. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor fading to the… Read More

London: A&C Black, 1905 ix, 254pp gilt top edge. 75 full page illustrations in colour with captions to tissues. Spine dulled, lower edge rubbed otherwise a good clean copy throughout.

London: A&C Black, 1912 3000 copies. Size 228x159mm. ix, 254pp gilt top edge.
75 full page illustrations in colour with captions to the tissues.
Light fade to spine otherwise very good. Exceptionally clean throughout.