The Edinburgh Album / Photographs of Edinburgh
by Inglis, Alexander
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Alex. A. Inglis, Edinburgh, No date. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Landscape quarto album ( 10" x 7" ) with twelve real photographs of Edinburgh scenes ( each approx, 8" x 5" ) all by Inglis and with a title and his monogram along the lower edge of each plate. Inglis worked as a professional photographer c1881-1916 in the Calton Hill area of the city. A published album. original cloth boards with bevelled edges, gilt lettered to front board 'Photographs of Edinburgh' and with a printed title page 'The Edinburgh Album. Photographs by Alex. A. Inglis'. Probably c 1895 - there's a plate of the finished Forth Railway Bridge which opened in 1890. Another shot shows Waverley Station from the castle before the North British Hotel was built ( opened 1902 ). The photos are of the usual subjects - Princes Street, Knox's House, St Giles, Holyrood, etc etc and are excellent quality if a little faded. Several good street views showing the contemporary hustle and bustle of city life. Rare. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Photography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0023798. .
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0023798
- Title
- The Edinburgh Album / Photographs of Edinburgh
- Author
- Inglis, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alex. A. Inglis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB28 Victorian Edwardian Photograph Photographs Photographer Photographers Scotland Scot Scots Scottish Photography; The Edinburgh Album Photographs of Edinburgh Inglis Alexander
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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