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Verlag: John Lane, London, 1911
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Charlotte Schreiber's travel journals documenting her time travelling through Europe collecting ceramics and antiques, illustrated, with some colour plates. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. An interesting journal discussing the author's experiences travelling around Europe and collecting ceramics and antiques. Written as the author was travelling through Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria, and Germany, from 1869 to 1885. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixty-one plates, four of which are in colour. Collated, complete. Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and fifty-six plates, three of which are in colour. Collated, complete. Charlotte Schreiber, also known as Charlotte Guest, was an English aristocrat, best known for being the first publisher in modern print format of 'The Mabinogion'. Edited by the author's song, Montague J. Guest. With annotations by Egan Mew. Bookseller's label to the front pastedowns. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spines, and a little rubbing to the spines. Bookseller's label to the front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Very Good. book.
Verlag: John Lane The Bodley Head, London & New York, 1911
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe
Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. An excellent first edition of Lady Charlotte Schreiber's diaries lavishly illustrated, which detail her years spent as a collector. Lady Charlotte Guest, later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an aristocrat, publisher and collector who travelled Europe with her second husband collecting porcelain and ceramics, which were upon her death left to the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was also the first publisher of the Mabinogion, the earliest British stories in prose. Lady Schreiber kept a diary for the majority of her life until blindness prevented her.The first edition of this work, in two volumes.Edited by the author's son, Montague Guest.With the ownership inscription of Jean Tsushima to the front endpaper.Volume I is illustrated with sixty plates, including four in colour; volume II is illustrated with fifty-six illustrations, including four in colour. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart; a touch bumped to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.
Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. 2 Volume set. Foxing inside. Spine of vol. 1 cracked. Writing inside. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.