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Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscapes
Tom Taylor
1881
George Routledge & Sons : London
15.5" by 12"
unpaginated
SUMMARY
A smart limited edition copy of Birket Foster's picturesque ode to English rural scenes, engraved on India proof paper by the Brother Dalziels.
Illustrated,Limited Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 3 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 36.99
EU Postage: £ 25.99
European Postage: £ 27.99
Asia Postage: £ 47.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 69.99
DESCRIPTION
Limited to one thousand copies of which this is number five hundred and twenty-four, engraved on India Proof Paper.
Illustrated with thirty full page plates. Collated complete.
A beautiful collection of Myles Birket Foster's illustrations of English landscapes becoming a charming celebration of rural scenery, each illustration accompanied with lovely verses by Tom Taylor.
Illustrated by Myles Birket Foster, a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver in the Victorian period.
Engraved by The Brothers Dalziel, who created a prolific wood-engraving business in Victorian London, founded in 1839.
Written by Tom Taylor, a British writer.
CONDITION
In the original full vellum binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and light discolouration to the boards as is typical with ageing. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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