THE NATION'S PICTURES : a Selection from the Finest Modern Pictures in the Public Picture Galleries of Great Britain Reproduced in Colour with Biographical Notices of the Artists. Special edition ( Complete 4 Volume Set )
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London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company Limited. Half-Leather. Very Good. Beautifully illustrated with 193 Full-Colour Plates Tipped-In onto thick Grey Paper. Artists include: Turner, Cotman, Stanhope Forbes, Holman Hunt, Landseer, Millais, Brangwyn, Burne-Jones, Watts, Lord Leighton, Tuke, Waterhouse, Henry Moore, Madox Brown and many more. Contemporary Green Morocco Half-Leather Bindings with 4 shallow Raised Bands to spines illustrated with a Gilt Palette Motif. Green cloth-covered boards illustrated with a Gilt Palette, and Large Leather Corners. Top page edges Gilt. 14 1/2" Tall. Attractive Bookplates illustrated with a Ship on Endpapers. Some edge wear and wear around spines. A few scrapes to the leather (see photos). Colour of spines a little faded. No inscriptions. Set of 4 Volumes weighs 9.4 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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- Title
- THE NATION'S PICTURES : a Selection from the Finest Modern Pictures in the Public Picture Galleries of Great Britain Reproduced in Colour with Biographical Notices of the Artists. Special edition ( Complete 4 Volume Set )
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
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- ART/HISTORY/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
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- Art;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
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