By Margaret D'Este

Published: London Methuen & Co

Size: 8" by 5.5" Pagination: xi, 2-232, 40pp

A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century guide to the Canary Islands.

By Margaret D'Este

1909 In the Canaries with a Camera

Name: 1909 In the Canaries with a Camera
SKU: 866F13
Price: 250 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Methuen & Co

Size: 8" by 5.5" Pagination: xi, 2-232, 40pp

A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century guide to the Canary Islands.

£250.00

weight: 1kgs / stock code: 866F13

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Description

Author's Presentation Copy, Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

Inscribed 'to uncle Walter, with the author's love, Sept. 1909' to the front free endpaper.

Illustrated with fifty photographic plates and a colour frontispiece, from photographs by Mrs. R.M. King. Collated, complete.

The first edition of this very scarce work, in which Margaret D'Este describes her travels through the canaries in the early twentieth century. Divided into three sections: Tenerife, La Palma, and Grand Canary.

With a forty page publisher's catalogue to the rear.

A lovely copy of this very scarce work.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail. Hinges lightly strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

Overall: Very Good

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