North Devon by Snell, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pages a little tanned with sporadic foxing (edges more so), endpapers and half title page on poor quality paper very tanned, at front have piece cut off, previous owner's name on front pastedown, all colour plates present (although some are loose); cover has some wear and rubbing, to the edges in particular, back cover has some speckling. No wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher - Adam and Charles Black, London, 1906. 1st ed. Very good condition, dark blue boards with gilt lettering and embossed decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine. A few marks to back board, corners and spine tips crushed and beginning to fray. Top page edges gilt, other page edges rough cut. Tanning to half title page. No ffep - as published? With 26 full-page illustrations in colour. Publisher's list at rear.

Cloth. Condition: Good. C. E. Hannaford; F. J. Snell (illustrator). First edition. Two first edition copies of these travel guides to Devon, with colour illustrations. Two first edition volumes exploring North and South Devon.North Devon (1906) by F. J. Snell has twenty six full page illustrations in colour and explores Clovelly, Ilfracombe, Appledore, Saunton Sands and Bideford.Collated, complete.South Devon (1907) by Chas R. Rowe and illustrated by C. E Hannaford has twenty four full page colour illustrations and explores Torquay and Torbay, Totnes, Newton Abbot and Salcombe. With only eight of 24 plates present. Missing plates facing pages 64 72 82 88 92 104 106 108 124 128 144 174 184 176 192 and 204.Collated. Both are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine of South Devon and some bumping to the head and tails of the spines. Previous owner inscriptions to the front free endpaper of North Devon and the first and last few pages are a little age toned. Some of the plates are missing to South Devon. Internally, both are generally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HENRY B WIMBUSH (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green Cloth Boards with Gilt titles and gilt and blind blocked decoration, 200 x 145 mm approx. viii + 186 pp + 6 page publisher's catalogue.Colour frontis + 25 further full page colour illustrations by Henry B.Wimbush (not credited) all as called for. First Printing 1906 in Black's Smaller Series of Beautiful Books (6s. Series) Print run 3,000 - per Inman. Near Fine/ VG (Book- Negligible shelf wear, mild foxing to end papers. No previous owner name or insc. No other defects. Dust Jacket 6/- minor shelf wear/ rubbing and a few small tears with mild associated line creasing max 1.5 at head /rear spine fold. No notable soiling. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). A prize for the bookshelf of a serious collector of A&C Black Colour books or books on Devon. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.