North Devon by Snell (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; designer not attributed. No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Very light wear to the edges. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages, especially the endpapers; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. 186 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 25 additional full-page reproductions in color by H.B. WIMBUSH. Measures 5.5" x 8.0". TEG. Protected in an archival wrapper. This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but why buy a later reprint when you can own a copy in its original first edition state? More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine. H.B. WIMBUSH (illustrator).…

viii, 186 pp, [6] page publishers list to rear, 26 coloured plates including frontis. Original blindstamped green cloth with gilt lettering to spine & gilt lettering & decoration to front board, top edge gilt otherwise uncut. 20 cm x 15 cm. Minor rubbing to extremes with some minimal wear to spine tips & corners, contents lightly age browned with some random foxing, faint marginal age browning to plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'North Devon' is a beautiful look at the life and scenery of North Devon. It looks at both big and small towns, as well as the coast. Not much is known about F. J. Snell, but he also wrote 'Handbook to the Works of Dante', 'The Customs of Old England', and 'The Age of Alfred'. Illustrated by Henry Wimbush. Wimbush was a landscape painter, who worked mostly in watercolours. He travelled around the UK, painting various scenes that he saw. He often exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and at the Royal Society of British Artists. Good condition with bumping and rubbing to corners. Wear on the corners and spine edges. Discolouration to page edges. Split to the top edge.…

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. Boards with rubbing to spine ends and a bit to one corner. Endpapers browned and brittle.; 26 illustrations from watercolors. Part of the 6s Series. Inman 272.; Black's Smaller Series of Beautiful Books; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viii, 186 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Snell, F. J. North Devon / with 26 full-page illustrations in full colour. London: Adam and Charles Black, s.d. [1906, date from British Library]. Black's Smaller Series of Beautiful Books. Hardback, VG. Green cloth with gilt and blind embossed decoration to front and spine. Small silver mark to head of spine. Binding strong. Tanning and foxing to endpapers. Frontispiece full-colour illustration. Title page in red and black, with small bookseller's label. 186pp. + illustrated publisher catalogue; colour illustrations. Top edge of page block gilt. Untrimmed pages. Contents clean and bright. Frederick John Snell (1862-1935) was a prolific British writer and artist whose numerous books and articles reflected an enthusiasm for British history. He wrote under the names F. J. Snell and F. J. S. Some of his other books include The Age of Alfred (1912), A Book of Exmoor (1903), and The Customs of Old England (1911). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 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. HENRY B WIMBUSH (illustrator).…

1906, London, Adam and Charles Black, ppviii + 186 + (vi), colour illustrations, blue cloth gilt. Some internal foxing, otherwise very good.

Condition: Very good. 1906, London, Adam and Charles Black, ppviii + 186 + (vi), colour illustrations, complete, blue cloth, gilt.