George Baxter Colour Printer (2 results)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original faux marbled light brown leather covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 4to. 11'' x 8½''. Contains (viii), 275 printed pages of text with colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with just one tiny rub to the top front gutter. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0902028235 ART [British].

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A pair of Baxter process colour prints, each approx. 6 x 4 1/2" (image size), mounted on original card with embossed Baxter crest and picture caption (8 1/8 x 7"); mounts heavily browned, the prints slightly muted in tone. These attractive Baxter prints were not issued together, but relate closely by theme. The first shows pioneers in a rough wooden shack in the Australian outback, one of whom reads a letter, another a newspaper, from Britain (the newspaper features details of the Great Exhibition). The second image depicts a young woman reading a letter to her parents, her father clutching a £100 note (presumably sent by Australian prospectors!); on the wall behind them a notice announces "Emigration to Australia, the Ship Hope . . .".