Hardcover. Edition not stated. NF/VG, small damaged spot on front cover, wear including small closed tear on top of dust jacket.
Zustand: Usado.
Verlag: Philadelphia and London. J.B. Lippincott Company. MDCCCCV (1905), 1905
Anbieter: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: SNEAB
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Colored frontispiece by Henry Hutt; numerous illustrations in photogravure and double-tone. (illustrator). First Edition. With matching dates of 1905 on the title and copyright pages. With "Published November, 1905" on the copyright page. "This edition is printed from the type, and is limited to Thre Hundred and Forty-seven copies. This is Number 219." (Limitation page) With a a splendid colored frontispiece by Henry Hutt, many illustrations in photogravure and double-tone, and from drawings by Edward Stratton Holloway. All with tissue guards. With two maps in excellent condition, crisply folded and pocketed in the rear paste-down: 1) Map of Newport; 2) Road Map of Island of Rhode Island and Conanicut Island. And over 95 splendid full-page illustrations, photogravures, all with tissue guards throughout this limited edition. Splendidly bound in finely woven brown linen cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front boards and the spine. With the Rhode Island seal stamped in gold and blue on the front boards, featuring an anchor and the word "Hope" on a waving banner. Printed on heavy, deckle-edged paper. Very clean and tight throughout. With a touch of dampstain to the bottom corner of the colored frontispiece, not affecting the plate. Top edges gilded. With heavy fraying and chipping to the top and bottom of the cloth of the spine ends. Some light leeching of color to the bottom left-hand corner of the front panel, and slight bumping to the corners. The front hinge is tender. A substantial and handsomely bound book. First Edition. With matching dates of 1905 on the title and copyright pages. With "Published November, 1905" on the copyright page. "This edition is printed from the type, and is limited to Thre Hundred and Forty-seven copies. This is Number 219." (Limitation page). 1st Edition.With "Published November, 1905" on the copyright page. Limited to 219/347 copies.