From J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
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AbeBooks Seller since May 29, 1997
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oblong folio, 27x 36cm, viii,54p., limited edition of 550 numbered and signed by the editor, James Mavor, this being #100., with colour frontis plate & 50 plates (containing c. 89 illustrations including 2 double page), the illustrations are from drawings by F.H. Brigden, G.A. Reid, Beatrice Sullivan, Edmund M. Morris, F.M. Bell-Smith, Clara S. Hagarty & others, With a facsimile letter from the Countess of Aberdeen and an Introduction by G.R. Parkin, an Advertisement by James Mavor, with a catalogue of the drawings, pp49-51 & List of Ladies and Gentlemen who composed the sets, pp52-54, in the original mustard yellow cloth, title stamped in red on the upper cover, crest of the City of Toronto stamped in blind on the bottom cover, bevelled boards, fine copy, a rare book. (cgc). Victorian - era ball given by Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Aberdeen, being mainly a collection of drawings by various artists produced under the direction of James Mavor. Issued in aid of The Victorian Order of Nurse, which Lady Aberdeen had founded. - "The whole issue of this book consists of seventy copies, numbered 1 to 70, containing proofs of the drawings, on large paper, seven proofs in each copy being on Japanese paper; three copies marked A, B and C, also on large paper, for the securing of copyright; and five hundred and fifty copies on small paper. All the copies are numbered and signed". Seller Inventory # 42250
Bibliographic Details
Title: Book of the Victorian Era Ball, given at ...
Publisher: Toronto. Printed and Published by Roswell & Hutchison. 1898
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