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Publication Date: 1890
Seller: theoldmapman, Weston super Mare, United Kingdom
Art / Print / Poster
Single print. London. Original antique chromolithograph. It has had a bit of rough handling but mounted (see images) it will look fine. 25 x 19 cm.
Published by James Watson [1881], Peebles, 1881
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Large stain to cloth on front board. <1/4" fraying and loss to cloth at tips of corners of boards. Narrow splits to gutter at front hinge. Rear hinge broken. ; "Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged". [2 (advertisements)], [1], [viii], 128 pages + [3] pages advertisements + 8 [of 9?] plates of albumen photographs. The photographs are a View of Peebles from Neidpath Castle; Neidpath Castle, from South-West; the Hydropathic Establishment; Chambers' Institution; Tibbie Shiel's Cottage; Traquair House; St. Andrew's Church; and the Black Dwarf's Cottage. Blue cloth boards with gilt and black decoration and gilt lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 211 x 132mm. Regional history, Scotland. Peebles lies on the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders region. "The historical places, romantic spots, and beautiful scenery of the county are noticed in a series of drives. The more notable places, and the number of miles they are distant from Peebles, are given at the beginning of each drive" - from the Preface. [Provenance: Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper.] [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1895
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. First Edition Thus. 316, 312 Pp. Two Volumes. White Cloth, Finely Embossed In Black, Green, And Gilt, Signed "Gwe" (George Wharton Edwards). Slate Black Endpapers. Elaborate Decorations At All Edges Of All Pages. Plates By Arthur Rackham And Others, All With Fine Tissue Guards With Printed Descriptive Text. Red Oilcloth Dj Lettered In Gilt (Volume I Only, No Dj On Volume Ii). Clean, No Fading Or Wear Or Foxing, Hint Of Toning To Spine Of Volume Ii, All Gilt Brilliant. Slight Fading To Cloth On Spine Of Dj. Title Page To Volume I Beginning To Separate Along Bottom Of Spine Edge, Possibly A Production Flaw. Altogether, Unusually Well Preserved, Gift Quality.
Published by NP, NP, 1880
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Original photographs. Condition: g to vg. Original photographs. Collection of four original albumen print views of 1880s London splendidly captured by pioneer Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson.* Each print measures 11 3/8 x 7 1/2" (mount: 16 3/8 x 14"), and is captioned and initialed in the plate. The views are the following: - London Bridge: North-facing view across London Bridge in the City of London. - Trafalgar Square, with Nelson's Column dominating the view. This photograph can be exactly dated as a horse-drawn omnibus with an advertisement for Hervé's opéra bouffe "Chilpéric" playing at the Empire Theatre is seen at the fore-ground. The piece was adapted by H. B. Farnie at the Empire Theatre in 1884. - The Bank of England: Carriages and pedestrians crowd Princes Street and Threadneedle Street in front of the Bank of England. - The Horse Guards, Whitehall. Minor to moderate chipping at lower left margin of mounts (not affecting images). A 6/8" closed tear at upper margin of the London Bridge plate (not affecting image). Mounts slightly age-toned along edges. Mounts in overall good- to good, albument prints in very good condition. * George Washington Wilson (1823-1893) established a popular photographic studio in Aberdeen in 1848. In 1873 he received a Royal Warrant as photographer to Queen Victoria. By the 1880s he had built up a substantial business that was one of the world's largest publishers of topographic views, producing thousands of stereocards, cartes de visite and albumen prints. Although the photographs were usually marked with George Washington Wilson's initials, many were actually taken by assistants like Charles Wilson (1865-1958), his son. Throughout his professional life, Wilson demonstrated technical and commercial acumen, and, by the early 1880s, the company he founded had become the largest and best-known photographic and printing firm in Scotland. Wilson handed the business over to his sons, Charles, Louis and John in 1888. The company, however, only survived for a short time under the management of Wilson's sons, with much of the company being sold in 1905 and the company finally ceasing trading in 1908.