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ITALY
by Fox, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1918. xi, 206, (2) pages + 64 color plates. This second edition is preferred by collectors: 10 it has 64 color plates with captioned tissue guards--compared to the 32 plates in the first edition; 2) it has a 3-color decorated binding with grapevines on spine and front cover (signed with monogram, but we have not yet identified the designer). The first printing was one volume in the publisher's Fascination of Europe series. The book is in about very good condition: clean, bright, and tight, with some sporadic foxing (but not on color plates). Some rubbing of edges of cloth--worn through on a couple of tiny spots.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Alberto Piso and Others. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2320
- Title
- ITALY
- Author
- Fox, Frank
- Illustrator
- Alberto Piso and Others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- A. & C. Black, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1918
- Size
- 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorated Bindings;
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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