George Morland by GILBEY, Sir Walter - 1907

Beech Publishing House, 2004. Soft cover. VG. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.

1 . hardback. Very Good. Illustrated. Small 4to. 1st ed. London (A. & C. Black) 1907. Decorative cloth, top edge gilt. Cover rubbed and aged. Inscribed. Foxing on edges else a very good copy of the issue with "Black" at foot of spine.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1907, 1st edition. Blue green boards with pictorial design of bushes and trees in yellow and green. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Teg. 9ins x 6.75ins, xix, (i), 290pp, 2pp book adverts plus 50pp tissue guarded colour plates. Two seperate gift inscriptions to front free endpaper (one dated 1912, one 1986). Endpapers browned. Gilt lettering to spine faded. G+ nr VG.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1912, reprint. Blue green boards with pictorial design of bushes and trees in yellow and green. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Teg. 9ins x 6.75ins, xix, (i), 290pp, 10pp book adverts plus 50pp tissue guarded colour plates. Nb the date given on the title page is 1907, but the list of titles in the book adverts suggest that it is the 1912 reprint which was issued with the date unchanged. Endpapers browned. VG.

London : A. and C. Black, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 289, [1] pages, 50 plates (49 columns, including frontispiece) ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Morland, George (1763-1804). Morland, George (English painter, 1763-1804). Morland, George (1763-1804) Studies. Animals in art. Painters, British 18th century. Art, British 18th century. Artists Great Britain Biography. Painters, British. Painters Great Britain ; Biography. Painting Great Britain. Genre; Biographies.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1907, 1st edition. Blue green boards with pictorial design of bushes and trees in yellow and green. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Teg. 9ins x 6.75ins, xix, (i), 290pp, 2pp book adverts plus 50pp tissue guarded colour plates. VG.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Limited large paper edition (hardback). 4to (27cm by 22cm), xix, 290pp. Portrait frontispiece, 50 colour plates from pictures by George Morland, each protected by a tissue. Original decorated white cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Light rubbing of the binding, endpapers browned and chipped. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition. This edition is limited to 250 copies (this is copy number 159) signed by the author.

UK: A & C Black, 1907. No. 80 of the limited edition de luxe of 250 copies, signed by Gilbey, white cloth decorated in gilt and green, soiling, wear and fraying to covers, tear to top of spine, hinges cracked and broken, some strain to stitching, but binding still holds, dust to edges, internally - with colour plates and their tissue guards - generally good plus. Gift inscription to front free endpapers. Further details on request.. Hard Back. Good.