Lot 42
  • 42

COLLECTION OF 15 VOLUMES ABOUT THE RIVER THAMES

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of works about the River Thames:
Jerrold, Walter & Ernest Haslehust. The Silvery Thames. Leeds & London: Alf Cooke, 1906, LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, NUMBER 10 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, oblong folio, half-title, 60 tipped-in colour plates, uncut, original three-quarter vellum gilt, blue boardsLeyland, John. The Thames Illustrated. A Picturesque Journeying from Richmond to Oxford. London: Geo. Newnes, [c.1897], 12 volumes, folio, numerous photographic illustrations and advertisements, original green printed paper wrappers, spotting, minor wear, some covers repairedTaunt, Henry W. A New Map of the River Thames. Oxford: Taunt & Co.; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [c.1887], fifth edition, 8vo, mounted photographic frontispiece, folding table of distances, folding key map, 33 double-page maps with mounted photographs and 2 similar plates, advertisements at beginning and end, original pictorial brown cloth, minor browning, binding slightly worn at extremitiesWyllie, W.L. The Tidal Thames. London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, [1892?], folio, half-title, 20 photogravure plates on India paper mounted, original cloth-backed terracotta printed boards, minor spotting or soiling, binding slightly rubbed and sunned(15)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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