Billing and sons printer (1 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Good copies only in the original illustrated, gilt-blocked green cloth boards, with vol. 1 showing substantial spotted dampstains to the front. Otherwise externally well-preserved, showing moderate wear to the extremities. Volume 1 shows several stamps of the Railway Clearing House Literary Society, and evidence of a removed label from the front free endpaper. The text of the same volume is somewhat shaken. Preliminary and final leaves show only faint foxing, with leaves otherwise remaining clean. Despite faults, a well-preserved set overall. Provenance; The set of Roy Strong (b. 1935), English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer, with his bookplates. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : frontispieces (portraits) ; 22 cm. Notes; Frontispiece: Portrait of W.P. Frith painted by himself in 1838 in Volume 1. Self-portrait dated 1883 in Volume 2. A third volume was later published as Further reminiscences. Subjects; Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909, biography. Painters, England, 19th century, biography. Autobiography, art. Art, Victorian, memoirs. Royal Academy of Arts, memoirs. 1 Kg.…