The Riviera. Painted and Described by William Scott.
by Scott, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: A. & C. Black, 1907 First Edition. xii, 236pp, including foldout map and 4pp. publisher's adverts. One of the 20 Shilling Series. 3000 copies. With 75 full page color illustrations printed by Messrs. Carl Hentschel, Ltd., with captioned tissue guards, top edge gilt and still bright. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with design of roses in tan, red and green. Titles, fleur-de-lis, shield and top edge in gilt. Gift inscription in old ink on front fly. A particularly nice publishers colophon dated 1907 at rear. Condition: Very Good Plus or even better, with some spotting to fore- and bottom-edge of text block. Boards are otherwise very nice without soiling or marks. Two lightly bumped corners. Interior is very clean with minimal age toning, aside from front and rear fly. **Author William Scott, RIBA (1848-1914) was a London trained architect who changed career to pursue etching and engraving. He spent much of his time living in Italy. The volume is very attractively presented, containing 75 full- page color illustrations , each with a labelled tissue guard, as well as 16 engraved head-and tail-pieces. Inman #67.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8704
- Title
- The Riviera. Painted and Described by William Scott.
- Author
- Scott, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. & C. Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
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Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...