A Simple Guide to Pictures

Chatto & Windus, London, 1914. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and to upper board. Inset colour illustration pasted to upper board. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard. A fold-out Chronological Chart of the Painters mentioned in "A Simple Guide to Pictures" has been inserted between page xi and page 1. Illustrated throughout with colour and with black and white plates. Pages uncut. No dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate pasted to front pastedown. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Head and foot of spine rubbed. Lower board slightly soiled and slightly mottled. Bottom edge of lower board lightly bumped. Front free and rear free endpapers lightly tanned. Occasional light foxing throughout. Overall, the book is in a good to very good condition.