War Sketches in Colour

Edward Stratford St. Leger

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903

About this Item

A limited edition collection of stunning colour prints and sketches by Colonel Stratford Edward St Leger, depicting the Second Boer War and signed by the artist. The limited 'Edition De Luxe'. Number 189 out of 250 copies printed.Signed by the author and illustrator, Edward Stratford St. Leger, to the edition page.Illustrated by Edward Stratford St. Leger with a full colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome vignettes and sixty-six colour plates. The colour plates were engraved and printed by Carl Hentschel Colourtype Limited.In the publisher's original decorative cloth.This limited edition work features a collection of artwork depicting the Second Boer-War by Edward Stratford St. Leger. Leger was a Colonel in the war, and an artist and diarist who sketched his observations on the war. This volume includes depictions of horses, soldiers and daily life at war, accompanied by descriptions and accounts of the war written by the artist. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Lacking front free endpaper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, marks to the boards, bumping to the extremities and small tears to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 924Z31

Bibliographic Details

Title: War Sketches in Colour

Publisher: Adam and Charles Black, London

Publication Date: 1903

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Edward Stratford St. Leger

Condition: Very Good

Signed: signed by author

Book Type: book