In Constable's Country (with many reproductions from his paintings)
by Tompkins, Herbert W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1906. Oversized hardcover without dust jacket, 264 pages, plus full colour reproductions including frontispiece of Constable with tissue guard;---elegant book in green cloth covers with front cover floral decorations in reddish brown, bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover and spine, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges rough cut;---very gently used, tight in binding, just a hint of shelf wear to spine ends and cover corner tips, very clean and unmarked throughout (except for rectangular age toning to both free endpapers, probably from newspaper articles having been previously laid in). See also our listings for Kurt Badt's John Constable's Clouds, and for Constable's Clouds: Paintings and Cloud Studies by John Constable, Edited by Edward Morris for the National Galleries of Scotland.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045422
- Title
- In Constable's Country (with many reproductions from his paintings)
- Author
- Tompkins, Herbert W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATION NONFICTION ENGLAND CATALOG BRITISH ENGLISH ARTIST ART EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Biography; Art;
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Eric James
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