Garratt arthur illus (2 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition. Previous owner inscription [1910] to fep. 320mm x 260mm (13" x 10"). xviii, 232pp + plates. 30 tipped-in colour plates. With heraldic bookplate of Edmund George Coryton. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Light grey hardback cloth cover.…

Signed limited edition, number 36 of 125 copies signed by the illustrator. The book comprises chapters on the "Birth of Public Schools" and "The Foundation of Eton", as well as reproductions of paintings and portraits housed in the college. Quarto. Colour frontispiece and 29 colour plates reproducing paintings within gilt and grey frames, tipped-in as issued, with captioned tissue guards. Original vellum, spine lettered in gilt, covers with Etonian coat of arms in gilt within blue frame and gilt rule, top edge gilt, others uncut. Paris bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Covers soiled, occasional light foxing. A very good copy.…