Venice
by MENPES, DOROTHY
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, 222p. In publisher's off white cloth with front board and spine decorations in blue and gilt, with lettering stamped in gilt. Bevelled edges, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Boards with a few light bumps to edges, spine faded and rear board rubbed and scuffed. Binding is solid and text block is square. Contents clean. With 100 captioned tissue-guarded plates in full colour by Mortimer Menpes, with text by Dorothy menpes. Number 190 of 500 copies if this Edition De Luxe, signed by illustrator Mortimer Menpes. A nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36290
- Title
- Venice
- Author
- MENPES, DOROTHY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Venice
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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