graphic descriptive de travers (7 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. New Zealand: Graphic And Descriptive by Charles D. Barraud; W. T. L. Travers. Published by Avon Fine Prints, 1973. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. Facsimile reprint of 1877 original. Extremely large volume [58.5cm x 45cm] bound in dark red leather-covered boards with gold gilt lettering and black leather spine and corners. Complete with oval image on title page plus 24 chromolithographs, 6 b&w plates and large folding map. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 575. In very good condition. One of the finest colour plate books dealing with New Zealand, with 30 striking elephant folio lithographs; 24 of them printed in colour and mounted. "From his youth Barraud had displayed artistic talent, and for the first 26 years of his life in New Zealand he travelled widely in his spare time over a large area of the North and South Islands, sketching in the various provinces, and recording his impressions of the attractions of New Zealand. Many of these sketches he worked up to a larger scale, and the climax of this activity came in 1875 when he decided to sail to England to take advice on the publication of his work. This was published in 1877 under the title New Zealand, Graphic and Descriptive, his publishers being Samson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, the lithographer being C. F. Kell, while the descriptive material was edited by W. T. L. Travers. The book features 24 full-page colour lithographs of landscapes and numerous other plain lithographs and woodcuts dealing with aspects of native life in New Zealand. Several of the lithographs are of considerable historic interest, particularly that portraying the Pink and White Terraces which were destroyed in the Tarawera eruption" ALL THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. HEAVY BOOK THAT WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Barraud, C. D. Ilustrador. Hardback, half-morocco, gilt decorative title to front board. 58.5cm x 45cm. Lacking all full-page chromo colour plates. But has the colour vignette, 6 lithograph full-page plates and numerous woodcuts within the text. Binding slightly marked and worn, fraying to spine ends. Occasional foxing to contents. A rather decent copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bsoversize).

Limited numbered, facsimile reprint, double elephant folio, half bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt coat of arms to front board and dark brown leather spine, light grey eps, illus title page, ix + frontispiece + 40pp + 5pp list of 1973 subscribers, illus with 24 chromo-lithographs + 6 plain lithograph plates + aprox 30 woodcuts, VG+ (some staining to boards and text block, light foxing to page edges).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . B0007ANZGO Hardback; 24"x18". Facsimile reprint of 1877 original. No dustjacket; bound in dark red leather-covered boards with gold gilt lettering and black leather spine and corners. Includes publisher sales pamphlet with one plate. Slight bow to book; slight wear to corners and edges including rubs to bottom edge; all color plates intact and bright; faint stain on front board ( coffee? ) 3"; slight dustsoiling to page edges; two 3" scratches on front lower right corner; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

FIRST EDITION, elephant folio, half leather bound terracotta buckram boards, decorative gilt lettering & tooling to front board, beautiful hand decorated gift/presentation plate, frontispiece, 40pp, 31 chromo- & plain lithographs with 31 woodcuts- all seemingly present, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss & soiling/staining, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, minor wrinkling to buckram on boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & wrinkling to eps with minor foxing, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of dedication page, moderate closed tearing to some page & plate edges, light sporadic soiling & tanning/foxing to pages throughout) in protective heavy boarded folder, leather spine & clasps, VG- (heavy tanning & foxing with moderate scuffing & chafing).

Condición: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, strappi macchie Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

First Edition. (NEW ZEALAND) BARRAUD, C.D.; TRAVERS, W.T.L. New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. Elephant folio (16-1/2 by 21 inches), modern three-quarter black morocco, raised bands; section of original red cloth cover with gilt title and vignette mounted to front pastedown. $5000.First edition of one of the finest color plate books dealing with New Zealand, with 30 striking elephant folio lithographs24 of them printed in color and mountedof scenery throughout New Zealand. This copy extra-illustrated with a fine large hand-colored wood engraving by Samuel Calvert entitled "Haunt of the Lyre Bird" dated 1879 bound in at rear."From his youth Barraud had displayed artistic talent, and for the first 26 years of his life in New Zealand he travelled widely in his spare time over a large area of the North and South Islands, sketching in the various provinces, and recording his impressions of the attractions of New Zealand. Many of these sketches he worked up to a larger scale, and the climax of this activity came in 1875 when he decided to sail to England to take advice on the publication of his work. This was published in 1877 under the title New Zealand, Graphic and Descriptive, his publishers being Samson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, the lithographer being C. F. Kell, while the descriptive material was edited by W. T. L. Travers. The book contained 24 full-page colour lithographs of landscapes and numerous other plain lithographs and woodcuts dealing with aspects of native life in New Zealand. Several of the lithographs are of considerable historic interest, particularly that portraying the Pink and White Terraces which were destroyed in the Tarawera eruption" (Encyclopaedia of New Zealand). With lovely color-printed title page with mounted chromolithographic vignette, and full-page wood-engraved map of New Zealand. One mount with repaired marginal tear. Plates clean and fine, with vibrant coloring. An excellent copy of this splendid work on New Zealand.