Rathbone Augusta (7 results)

1st US edition. [4], iv, 100, xii, [8] pp. Adverts conclude volume. 12mo. 7-7/16" x 5-1/16" Fictitous account of the period. Presentation inscription to S. A. Fenimore Cooper on the ffep, from an indecipherable "affectionate friend." Edge chipping to wrappers, with spine paper loss to top 1 cm & bottom 1-1/4". Slight cock. Dime size spot to front wrapper. An About VG copy. Original publisher's printed brown paper wrappers.

Aquatints by Augusta Rathbone; Photographs by Juliet Thompson. Folio, publisher's buckram with printed paper labels, in glassine and the bottom half only of the publisher's two-part box. First edition. Near fine in chipped glassine. The box is worn at extremities.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 23 x 31cm good hardback, hessian boards, paper label at top right edge constitutes the title, another a little worn along the spine. Acquatints by Augusta Rathbone, photographs by Juliet Thompson and text by Virginia Thompson.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Augusta Rathbone, Juliet Thompson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. One of an edition of 1,000 copies. Twelve half-tone reproductions on heavy paper of lovely colored aquatints by Augusta Rathbone. Photographs by Juliet Thompson. All show tiny villages by the sea or perched on hilltops (Roquebrune, Cagnes, Eze, Sigale, St-Martin-Vesubie, etc.) in Provence and the Cote d'Azur. The photographs show the landscape, homes and people. The text tells the history. A beautiful, well-balanced book. Bound in rough linen with paper labels, and maps to endpapers. Two presentation inscriptions to one front blank (which is almost detached), else fine, with clear plastic jacket.

First Edition. Presentation copy, contains some margin notes to Preface. Poor copy in the original paper-labeled cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Crude bindery repairs. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical Description; 69 unnumbered pages illustrations, 68 plates (12 color) 31 cm. Notes; Maps on lining-papers. "Of this book 1,000 copies have been printed and the type distributed." Subjects; Côte d'Azur (France) Descriptions et voyages. Côte d'Azur (France) Ouvrages illustrés. France Riviera. Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés. Riviera (France) Description and travel. Riviera (France) Pictorial works. Travel. illustrated books. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Presentation copy, contains some margin notes to Preface. Poor copy in the original paper-labeled cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Crude bindery repairs. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical Description; 69 unnumbered pages illustrations, 68 plates (12 color) 31 cm. Notes; Maps on lining-papers. "Of this book 1,000 copies have been printed and the type distributed." Subjects; Côte d'Azur (France) Descriptions et voyages. Côte d'Azur (France) Ouvrages illustrés. France Riviera. Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés. Riviera (France) Description and travel. Riviera (France) Pictorial works. Travel. illustrated books. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Beige cloth covers, illustrated endpapers, small title label on upper right front cover and spine. 12 full page aquatints reproduced in color and "done by hand", 60 halftone illustrations from photographs, pictorial endpapers in two colors by Pamela Bianco of maps of the French Riviera areas. Aquatints are by Rathbone, photographs by Juliet Thompson and Text by Virginia Thompson. Wonderful color plates. Augusta Rathbone was a California-born artist.