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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, May 13 (Mother's Day Sale item)* ix, 254 pp., color frontis. & plates; original decorated purple cloth (hardcover), edges rubbed, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1905. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Purple embossed cloth with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece with colour illustrated plates throughout. Light foxing and tanning to pages with moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting; pages remain attached. Text block feels slightly loose. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning overall. Spine has moderate tanning with light fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Lettering remains bright and clear.

Paperback / softback. New.

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

Adam & Charles Black , 1912. Good. Second printing of 1905 first ed.; Full-page color frontis. and 74 more beautiful color plates; 254 p., clean and unmarked anywhere; signs of incipient cracking at front gutter; binding firm; unfaded purple boards wtih bright gilt lettering and sheaf and sickle ornamentation; some rubbing at crown and foot of spine; corners slightly bumped.

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.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1915. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Containing 75 paintings by Mortimer Menpes. Firmly bound with some fading, mostly on the spine, a little rubbing on the spine edges and corners, some foxing, mostly on the end papers.

London:: Adam & Charles,, 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/no DJ. 75 colour illustrations. Previous owners pen marking to ffep. Light foxing to eps and pages. Light staining to cloth, some rubbing to edges. Small tear to top edge of cloth on spine. Sunning to spine area.

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.

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.

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. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. All edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 254 pp., [75] leaves of color plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Brittany (France) Description and travel.

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.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Hardback, illustrative cloth, gilt title to spine and front board. 27.5cm x 22.5cm. ix, 254pp. 75 colour plates with tissue guards. No. 223 of a limited edition of only 350 copies. Signed by Mortimer Menpes. Deluxe edition 1905. Binding slightly grubby and worn to extremities, small nick to slightly darkened spine. Previous owner's details to front end-paper. Otherwise, clean inside. A rather pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (al18). Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Binding rubbed and bumped, spine tanned. De Luxe ed number 247 of 350 signed by Mortimer Menpes. Closed edges slightly dusty and lightly foxed, front hinge a little strained, otherwise content is clean and solid.. Signed by Artist. Limited Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to.

London: A&C Black, 1912 ix, 254pp. 75 full page illustrations in colour by the renowned Mortimer Menpes with captions to tissues.