CONSTANTINOPLE PAINTED BY WARWICK GOBLE
DESCRIBED BY ALEXANDER VAN MILLINGEN
A. & C. Black, London, 1906. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's decorative cloth, index, ix, 282pp.; color frontispiece (tissue guard), sixty-two (62) additional leaves of plates, folding map bound in rear (collated and complete), gilt topedge, rear hinge break but holding strong, laid-in advertisement for original water-colours. Previous owner's inscription & date to front endpaper. A Very Good copy, with tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Splendidly-produced pictorial guide to the former city of Constantinople, generously illustrated by the British artist Warwick Goble, best known for his work on H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and Charles Kingsley's Water-Babies, HIGHLY COVETED FOR THE 63 COLOR PLATES. Decorative Bindings, Illustrators, Middle East, Travel / Exploration, Art Prints/Plates, Turkey, Istanbul, Constantinople.
Loc: GL1-3
CONSTANTINOPLE PAINTED BY WARWICK GOBLE
DESCRIBED BY ALEXANDER VAN MILLINGEN
A. & C. Black, London, 1906. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's decorative cloth, index, ix, 282pp.; color frontispiece (tissue guard), sixty-two (62) additional leaves of plates, folding map bound in rear (collated and complete), gilt topedge, rear hinge break but holding strong, laid-in advertisement for original water-colours. Previous owner's inscription & date to front endpaper. A Very Good copy, with tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Splendidly-produced pictorial guide to the former city of Constantinople, generously illustrated by the British artist Warwick Goble, best known for his work on H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and Charles Kingsley's Water-Babies, HIGHLY COVETED FOR THE 63 COLOR PLATES. Decorative Bindings, Illustrators, Middle East, Travel / Exploration, Art Prints/Plates, Turkey, Istanbul, Constantinople.
Loc: GL1-3
