1906~BIRKET FOSTER~H.M. Cundall~MYLES~73 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS + B&W~A & C BLACK.

Description: A biography of the very popular English artist Myles Birkett Foster R.W.S. (1825-1899), illustrated with 73 full-colour plates plus 78 black & white illustrations, this is a 1906 edition of one of the large series of profusely illustrated books produced by the firm of A. & C. Black in the early part of the 20th century, and portrays mainly picturesque scenes of the British countryside, plus other scenes from his trips to the Continent, with interesting history and biographical text by Herbert Minton Cundall (1848-1940). The Contents are: - - Preface. - - List of Illustrations. - - The Foster Family. - - At Landells'. - - "Punch" and "The Illustrated London News". - - Book Illustrations. - - Travels on the Continent. - - First Visit to Venice. - - Further Travels on the Continent. - - Water-Colour Painting. - - At Witley. - - Christmas Festivities at "The Hill". - - Dramatic Performances. - - Last Years at Witley. - - List of the Principal Books containing Illustrations by Birket Foster. - List of Water-Colour Paintings Exhibited at the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours. - List of Oil Paintings Exhibited at the Royal Academy. - Index. The 73 colour illustrations are of: - - At the Spring. - Shelling Peas. - The Bird's Nest. - Gleaners. - Stepping Stones. - Arundel Park. - Primroses. - Sketch for "The Milkmaid". - The Milkmaid. - Playmates. - Tynemouth from Cullercoats. - A Moonlight Effect. - Tynemouth. - Going Home. - The Christmas Holly Cart. - Shelling Peas. - Feeding Time. - Designs for Book Covers. - Evening on the Yare. - Young Gleaners Resting. - Manchester Cathedral. - Stirling from the Abbey Craig. - Crossing of the Ford. - Pass of Killiecrankie. - Loch Leven Castle. - Dunfermline Abbey. - Hawthornden. - Venice from the Steps of San Giorgio Maggiore. - Shrine at the Entrance of the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice. - Library in the Piazetta, Venice. - Well in the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice. - In the Vestibule, St. Mark's, Venice. - Palazzo Gussoni. - Burano, Venice. - Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice. - Pisa. - Birthplace of Burns, near Ayr. - A Highland Cottage. - Ben Venue and Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine. - Lichfield Cathedral. - At Quimper. - Market Place, Rouen. - Burgos. - The Way down the Cliff. - Sunset with Cattle. - Children Paddling. - Cowslip Gatherers. - In Full Cry. - Children by the Sea. - Summer Time. - Windsor Lock. - Eton College. - By the Thames. - The Meet. - Witley Church. - Cottage at Wheeler Street, Witley. - A Village Inn. - Sketch for "The Old Curiosity Shop". - Going to Market. - Burying the Favourite. - Waterfall, Loch Achray. - A Surrey Cottage. - The Donkey that would not go. - Coffee Room of the Feathers Inn, Ludlow. - Passing the Flock. - The Weald of Surrey. - Children Paddling. - Near Godalming. - The Blackberry Gatherers. - The Pet of the Common. - A Surrey Landscape. - The Happy Time of Life. - Crossing the Brook. Please see my other items for more interesting and collectable items, including rare titles, as I will always try and combine the delivery to save you money. On Sale is a circa 1906 first edition, of * Birket Foster *, with 73 colour plates from the artist's works, plus 78 b&w illustrations of varying sizes including a frontispiece portrait, text by H. M. Cundall, I.S.O., F.S.A., published by A. & C. Black Ltd., London, printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh, [first published 1906] this one states "First published in 1906" to the Copyright page with no other editions or impressions listed, but is probably a further issue of the 1st edition as the initial run had gilt titles to the front as well as the spine (here front cover title and line decoration is in yellow), size approximately 9 inches x 6-1/2 inches, with xx and 216 pages plus illustrations and four pages of adverts. The cloth-covered hardcover with floral and line decoration to the front and spine in green, white, and yellow, plus a gilt spine title, is bumped and lightly rubbed on the extremities, sound and not split along the spine edges, fading and darkening to the spine area with gilt spine title reasonably bright and clearly legible, a little marked, has a single tiny insect hole towards the top of the rear spine-edge, otherwise reasonably clean and tidy (see photo's 1 & 5). Inside is complete, the front endpaper has a tiny split at the fold above the top hinge else largely the endpapers are sound and not split, has a previous owner's armorial-style stamp impressed to the front free endpaper, no other writing or graffiti, hinges sound with covers firmly attached, cracking at some of the gutters else binding tight with pages well attached, corners not turned and pages not torn, pale age-toning to the paper used for the text pages throughout with the illustrations bright as they're on a different type of paper, pale scattered foxing to a few outer text leaves else occasionally a few very pale specks and mostly clear, not heavily read, a little dustmarking to top edges, otherwise generally clean and tidy. Please view my other items for sale, as I will always try and combine deliveries. If you would like any further information please email to me via eBay.

Price: 10 GBP

Location: CORNWALL.

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