Frederick Nash Illustrator (3 results)

First edition (not stated per publisher's standard practice). 59 pages. Hardcover: H 25.5cm x L 17cm. Dust jacket separated along spine which has paper loss of bottom 10cm and top 4cm; soiled and toned panels and flaps mostly intact but still with chipping particularly at corners; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Off-white cloth with some staining/soiling to boards; gilt stamped dog vignette at front board center and spine's gilt stamping all remain fairly bright. Dark purple top edge; light foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge; occasional foxing spots to interior pages. Binding is firm. A very good copy in only a fair dust jacket. Features three fox-hunting reminiscences: "The Stranger" by Marcellus L. Davis, "Tate's Band" by Henry P. Davis, and "E-String" by C.T. Davis - Charles T. Davis. With a Foreword by renowned Tennessee outdoor writer and columnist Nash Buckingham. Dardanelle, Arkansas native Marcellus L. Davis served as American consul general to the British West Indies during President Grover Cleveland's administration and was also judge of the Arkansas fifth judicial circuit. The book's other two contributors were the judge's sons - Henry Davis was a newspaper and magazine columnist/editor as well as secretary of the American Wildlife Institute and Charles Davis was Arkansas poet laureate from 1923 to 1945.

Consisting of Views on the Seine, Public Buildings, Characteristic Scenery, &c. With Appropriate Descriptions. First edition. 57 full-page engraved plates, some with two views, each with accompanying description in English and French. Large 4to. Half calf with marbled paper boards, extremities and outer joints rubbed. Occasional foxing. Bookplates to upper pastedown. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown,

Condition: Good. Folio. 27 x 38cm. Original half red morocco. Printed on thick rag paper. 2 volumes in one. 58 engraved plates + supplementary section with 7 plates. Neither the plates nor the descriptive pages are numbered.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:461562576Provenance: Roland Thibaut, wiht his ex libris.SCOTT, John. Picturesque views of the city of Paris and its environs. consistingof views on the Seine, public buildings, characteristic scenery etc. the originaldrawings by Mr Frederick Nash, the literary department by Mr John Scott and M.P.B.de la Boissiere. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, brown, 1823.2 tomes en un volume grand in-4° rel. demi-toile maroquinée rouge à coins, piècede titre de maroquin noir, trace de restaurations en charnière sup. Sur papier vélin.58 planches et 7 de supplément. Bel exemplaire.