- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United KingdomMcNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
AbeBooks seller since March 20, 2020
Condition: Used
US$ 5,543.74
Quantity: 1 available
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FIRST EDITION, large 8vo, pp. 100, [2]. Twenty-four colour lithograph illustrations included in pagination. Original colour-printed boards, glassine dustjacket with card flaps. Head of spine a bit worn, fragile dustjacket with some chipping to top edge and some loss to bottom of front panel. One of the most iconic illustrated books of the 20th century, depicting a glowing collection of shop premises from an era already passing into history, High Street was produced in an edition of around 2,000 copies and was never reprinted in this form, since the lithograph stones for the illustrations (and probably at least some unsold copies) were destroyed when the Curwen Press premises were hit during the Blitz. A high-quality facsimile was finally produced in the 2010s. This copy retains its incredibly fragile and consequently even rarer dustjacket, made of glassine with glued-on flaps, the front one printed with the jacket copy.
Seller Inventory # 7710
Bibliographic details
- Title
- High Street.
- Author
- Ravilious, Eric, and J.M. Richards
- Publisher
- Country Life Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 1938
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Miscellaneous
McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 6 to 12 business days | 4 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 33.64 | US$ 47.09 |
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Store description
Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.
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Seller's business information
Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH7 4AE
Terms of sale
All books listed subject to prior sale. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and bound by their Code of Conduct. Anything found to be not as described may be returned for a full refund. This does not affect or limit statutory rights of return under EU distance selling regulations. McNaughtan's Bookshop is a trading name of the partnership Derek Walker & Anna Fomicheva, VAT reg. GB218182907. Please address any communication to McNaughtan's Bookshop, 3a & 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE. Telephone +44 (0)131 556 5897. Email info@mcnaughtans.co.uk.
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