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London: John Lane / Dodd Mead, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Very light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, two different previous owner's inscriptions else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. Map is in near fine condition with a folded edge. From Wikipedia: "The Touraine is one of the traditional provinces of France.... Throughout the late 15th and 16th centuries, Touraine was a favorite residence of French kings, and the dark and gloomy castles were converted to Renaissance châteaux; for this reason the region was titled "The Garden of France". These same châteaux became popular tourist attractions in modern times." And many of those chateaux, as the were in the 1920's, are depicted in Miss Aulton's 92 drawings of which 12 are copperplate engravings. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be… Read More

John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Very good hardcover in a good example of the vintage jacket (jacket has chip and tears).B/w Illustrations.

London: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD. CLEAN Near Fine 1925 London First Edition hardcover. No dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1925.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1925. Hardcover. VG--, wear to cover edges, small chip to cover at tail; beautiful, clean, bright interior. Black cloth, gilt lettering. 185 pp. Numerous bw ills.

John Lane the bodley head 1925. Quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 188pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

John Lane the Bodley Head LTD. London 1925, (1st ed.) Small Folio in handsome gold-stamped black cloth. Condition= VG-: Cover dulled a bit over time. Very very slightly smudged. A History/travel book about the Touraine region of France. Very handsome in this large format with the author's excellent art work.. F. Hardcover.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 188ppp. Gold decorated black cloth with blind embossed bordering to cover and gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Head anad tail of spine sliightly bumped and rubbed. Corners worn. Staining, scuffing and rubbing to boards. Fore- and bottom page edge untrimmed. Top page edge red, with some stains. Beautifully illustrated endpapers, being a double-page pencil sketch (on both endpapers). Frontispiece. Some browning to back side of frontispiece page. Illustrated title page. Great work of travel and geography of France. Magnificently illustrated with 12 full-page (including frontispiece), 81 in-text b/w drawings, sketches and copper plate engravings and one fold-out-map. In English. Binding in fair, book in good condition.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1925. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 95 facsimile reproductions of original drawings and copper plates engravings by the author, including folding map. 188pp., folio, black cloth, gilt decoration front cover; significant wear and discoloration to front and rear covers. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1925). First edition. Internally fine, a very good copy.<br/><br/>

London New York : John Lane ; Dodd, Mead and company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 6 p. b., 188 p. : front., illus., plates, fold. map ; 33 x 27 cm. Notes; Folding map lacking. Illustrated end-papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Touraine (France) - Description and travel. Touraine (France) - Pictorial works. Touraine - Description and travel. Genre; illustrated.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head , 1925. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12.5" by 10" . Margaret Aulton. The first edition of this incredibly charming collection of stories and legends from the French valley of Loire. A very charming, large volume by Margaret Aulton, comprising a recounting of sixteen stories and legends regarding the Loire in France. The first edition of 1925. Some of the titles included are 'Chinon,' 'Langeais,' 'Loches,' 'Chambord and some of the lesser Chateau.'The work is illustrated with ninety facsimile reproductions of the original drawings and copper plate engravings by the author, twelve full page and the rest in text. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The front joint is slightly cracked, with a minor marking to the rear board. A small library label to the spine. With Estelle Williams' bookplate to the front pastedown.… Read More

John Lane, Bodley Head, 1925-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Undated first edition on worn black cloth boards but inner content superb with 90 facsimile reproductions of the orgional drawings & copper-plate engravings by the author

London, New York : John Lane, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Board edges stained and rubbed. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 6 p. b., 188 p. : front., illus., plates, fold. map ; 33 x 27 cm. Notes; Bolding map included. Illustrated end-papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Touraine (France) - Description and travel. Touraine (France) - Pictorial works. Touraine - Description and travel. Genre; illustrated.

published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, and Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1925,. see description. first edition, large (325x260mm), xii,188pp, title page printed red and black and decorated by a drawing of a crowned porcupine, text pages describing the various places in the region and telling their stories are in a good readable typeface with wide margins, some with footnotes, frontis engraving of the Grand Staircase of Francis I, Blois, and 11 other full-page engravings all on lightweight card, 80 drawings in text, a double-page 1667 decorated map of the Ancient Province of Touraine, a long pencil river view over the endpapers, original cloth, top cut edge tinted to match, title gilt on spine, a crowned dragon blind-stamped on upper board, rubbed top of spine, rather less at the bottom, top corner of upper board rubbed and frayed, some shelf-wear at the bottom and here and there small scuff marks in the cloth, contents vg.

London New York : John Lane ; Dodd, Mead and co, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 188 p., [13] leaves of plates (inc. front.) : ill., fold. map ; 33 cm. Subjects; Touraine (France) — Pictorial works. Touraine (France) — Description and travel.

LONDON. JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD. 1925. FIRST EDITION, 4to, ILLUSTRATED WITH NINETY FACSIMILE REPORDUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND COPPER PLATE BY THE AUTHOR, BLACK PUBLISHER'S CLOTH, VERY GOOD COPY WITH A NEAT INSCRIPTION ON THE FEP.