George Baxter (colour printer) his Life and Work a Manual for Collectors by C T.Courtney Lewis - 2009-10-03

Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Reading copy only. Spine and rear hinge cracked. A few pages detached from binding. Writing inside. Slightly dampstained. (Color Prints, Engraving, Collecting)

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark blue marked covers with gilt lettering, bumped corners, light wear at spine-ends and lightly rubbed over joints, binding is a little shaken with some separation between gatherings, occasional hand-written notes against text. No dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19923071068. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Yorkshire: EP Publishing, 1972. Reprint of the 1908 edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Reprint of the 1908 edition. xviii, 276p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled red cloth.

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. heavy, extra postage may be required outside South Africa. undated, C. 1924. shelf wear on boards. mild foxing. internally clean and presentable. sound binding. one book plate inside. gold gilt on top edge. very good condition.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London; Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.; 1908.. First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xx, 276; illustrated frontispiece, text with 30 full page b/w. illustrations, index to prints, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and front board, front hinge a little weak, endpapers browned, good copy.

George Baxter (Colour Printer) His Life and Work: A Manual for Collectors by C. T. Courtney Lewis

Hardback, 1908, first edition, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd., London, 276 pages + xviii, illustrated.












Measures around 8"/20.4cm x 5 1/2" x 14cm. Dark blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering to front board and spine and upper page edge. Some scuffing, marking and discolouration with shelf-wear and small tears to lower edge of spine with some fading. Rubbing to hinges. Bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm though strained in the odd place. Some browning and marking to page edges, which are deckled and a bit jagged, having been cut. Page surfaces contain some foxing, more towards endpapers, but generally clean, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Wakefield: E P Publishing, 1972 Reprint - first published in 1908. A pioneer in the art of colour printing. Biographical details and a catalogue of all prints produced by Baxter. Shadow of small label to front paste-down, otherwise VG, no inscriptions or annotation, in VG DJ, very lightly sunned to the spine.

London : S. Low, Marston & Co., 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xviii, 276 p. : ill., ports.; 20 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Baxter, George 1804-1867; Printers England London ; Biography; Color prints ; Catalogs; Color prints, English 19th century; Printmakers England 19th century ; Biography.

London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1908. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A biography of the eminent printer, George Baxter, who is credited with the invention of commercially viable colour printing. Illustrated throughout with many reproductions of Baxter's works. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some bumping and slight wear to the extremities, and some marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Hinges are strained, though firm. Pages are bright, though with some scattered instances of foxing (heavier to the first and last few pages). Good

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.