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    By William Scott; John Addington Symonds; Spencer C. Musson; Reginald Farrer; A. R. Hope Moncrieff
    London   Adam and Charles Black
    9" by 6.5" xii, 234, [6]; xxii, 277, [1]; xii, 311, [1]; vii, 207; viii, 312pp
    A beautifully illustrated collection of early 20th-century travel books, with descriptions of London, Sicily, the Dolomites and more.
    By William Scott; John Addington Symonds; Spencer C. Musson; Reginald Farrer; A. R. Hope Moncrieff

    1907-1916 The Riviera; Our Life in the Swiss Highlands; Sicily; The Dolomites: King Laurin's Garden; London

    London   Adam and Charles Black
    9" by 6.5" xii, 234, [6]; xxii, 277, [1]; xii, 311, [1]; vii, 207; viii, 312pp
    A beautifully illustrated collection of early 20th-century travel books, with descriptions of London, Sicily, the Dolomites and more.
    £245.00
    : 4kgs / : 970Y66
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Decorative Binding, Early Edition, First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    A selection of early 20th-century travelogues and surveys of various places of interest across Europe, all of which were published by Adam and Charles Black. 

    In the original decorative cloth bindings. 

    Each beautifully illustrated with colour plates from various artists. 

    The entirety of this set comprises the following works: 

    The Riviera by William Scott (1907) - First Edition. Illustrated with paintings by the author. With seventy-five colour plates and a folding map to the rear. 

    Our Life in the Swiss Highlands by John Addington Symonds and His Daughter Margaret (1907) – Second edition. With twenty colour plates and a folding map to the rear. 

    Sicily by Spencer C. Musson (1911) - First Edition. Illustrated with paintings by Alberto Pisa. With forty-eight tipped-in colour plates and a folding map to the rear. 

    The Dolomites: King Laurin's Garden by Reginald Farrer (1913) - First Edition. Illustrated with paintings by E. Harrison Compton. With twenty colour plates and a folding map to the rear. 

    London by A. R. Hope Moncrieff (1916) - Second edition, with extra illustrations. With sixty colour plates and a folding map to the rear. 

    Collated, complete.

    Condition

    In the original decorative cloth bindings. Externally, with damp staining to the spine of 'Swiss Highlands' and boards of 'Riviera' and 'London' (this being the most notable instance). Most notable wear to the spine head of 'Sicily', otherwise rubbing and bumping is moderate throughout set. Front hinge tender to 'London'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots throughout 'London', 'Dolomites' and 'Swiss Highlands'. 'Sicily' and 'Riviera' are much more clean, with only the odd spot, most concentrated to the endpapers.

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