Published by Cross Publishing, Chale, 2008
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Attractive maroon half-leather (leather spine, corners and title-piece) with marbled boards. 160 pp. AEG. Superb collection of early 19th Century topographical paintings and illustrations depicting many areas of the Isle of Wight, superbly reproduced as colour plates. Fascinating views of the island still in its untamed state, and some long-vanished landmarks. Limited Edition (numbered 481 of only 650 printed). Pictorial plate, signed and hand-numbred by the author at ffep, as issued. With subscribers-list sheet. Near as-new condition with just lightest rubbing to lower rear cover. NEAR FINE.