Published by John Camden Hotten London, nd [c1870]. Recased in its original red cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering and decoration to front board. Bevelled edges, no dustwrapper. 14ins x 10.25ins, unpaginated. Contains colour illustrated title page, printed title page, 2pp introduction, colour plate depicting the 13 colours normally found in a paint box, 6pp text about colours, papers and brushes, 14pp pasted down plates (13 in colour, 1 black and white) each followed by one or two pages of text describing the view and the paint colours used. Each plate is protected by a blank guard page. New endpapers. A little rubbed to top & bottom of spine else VG.

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Bookseller: Missing Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 27198
Title: Sketching from Nature in water colours
Author: Penley, Aaron
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...