Down to the Land's End

John Sedding; T. Raffles Davison

Published by The British Architect, London, 1887

About this Item

A scarce, illustrated regional travel piece, exploring West Cornwall, combining an article by John Sedding with numerous illustrations by T Raffles Davison. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.This volume is a first edition, binding together an article with illustrations by T Raffles Davison.The narrative section, titled "A Ramble in West Cornwall," is by the Arts-and-Crafts architect John Dando Sedding.Davison supplies 20 finely worked pen-and-ink plates of church exteriors, rood-screens, Cornish cross-heads, cliff scenery, plus numerous text vignettes. Collated, complete.First published as a promotional supplement in one of Britain"s leading architectural journals, Down to the Land"s End this copy is a scarce, lively architectural and topographical tour from Penzance to Land"s End, taking in St Michael"s Mount, the granite churches of Zennor, St Levan and Sennen, prehistoric monuments, cliff scenery and village life.Thomas Raffles Davison (1853-1937) was an architect, long-time editor and chief illustrator of The British Architect. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. The odd handling mark to boards. Slight discolouration to extremities of boards. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to cloth particularly to head and tail of spine. Front hinge cracked, and loose but just about holding, in need of sympathetic repair. Rear hinge cracked, but firm. Good.

Seller Inventory # 969H31

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Down to the Land's End
• Publisher: The British Architect, London
• Publication Date: 1887
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Various; T Raffles Davison
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture