A Painter's Anthology
by Arthur Watts; et al
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Arrowsmith , 1924. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 9". Arthur Watts . The first edition of this beautifully illustrated book of miscellaneous poetry by Arthur Watts, celebrating art and its beauty. The first edition of this charming volume by Arthur Watts, a noted illustrator and artist. A stunningly illustrated volume by the author, containing a miscellany of poems by various popular authors such as Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, Thomas Sackville, Percy Shelley, and many others. A true ode to art and its beauty, Watts illustrates this volume with twelve stunning colourful plates and eight in half tone tipped in. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With a faint spotting to the boards, as usual. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with only a faint minor scattered spotting to the first and last couple. Illustrated with twelve stunning colourful plates and eight in half tone tipped in. Collated, complete. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 774A50
- Title
- A Painter's Anthology
- Author
- Arthur Watts; et al
- Illustrator
- Arthur Watts
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arrowsmith
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 11" by 9"
- Keywords
- first editions art colour poetry art
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...