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Rare and modern books

Thomas Edward

Oxford. Painted by John Fulleylove. Described by Edward Thomas [Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY.

A&C Black, 1922

34.50 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1922
Author
Thomas Edward
Publishers
A&C Black
Keyword
illustrated, topography, oxfordshire, oxon, oxford, modern first editions, modern firsts, edward thomas, ac black colour plate books, fulleylove
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece, 31 fine coloured plates and a full-page map in the text, endpapers and fore-edges lightly foxed, some light spotting (mainly marginal) as often to text; original decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, bright, firm copy. This classic fusion of Thomas's prose and Fulleylove's paintings was first published with 60 plates in 1903. This considerably more affordable edition was itself reprinted several times with steadily diminishing numbers of illustrations. Cordeau & Merry 378 (recording the first and this edition); Eckert p.189 (first edition); Inman 571.