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Turners Picturesque Views in England and Wales: Landscapes, Coast Scenery, and Castles and Abbeys
J. M. W. Turner
1873
Bell and Daldy : London
15" by 11.5
[40]pp, [24]pp;
SUMMARY
A new edition of this collection of views by English painter J. M. W. Turner complete in three volumes.
Early Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding,Uncommon
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs10 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 4.49
US Postage:£ 68.99
EU Postage: £ 36.99
European Postage: £ 65.99
Asia Postage: £ 129.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 229.99
DESCRIPTION
Early edition of Turners Picturesque Views in England and Wales in the original publishers cloth bindings.
Complete in three densely illustrated volumes.
A lovely collection of paintings and prints by the English Romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. He is widely considered to have elevated landscape painting to a higher standard.
Includes Landscapes, illustrated with forty monochrome plates, Coast Scenery, illustrated with twenty four monochrome plates, and Castles and Abbeys, illustrated with thirty two monochrome plates.
Collated, complete.
Prior owners book plate to the first pastedown of Coast and Castles. From the library of Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, British Liberal politician.
CONDITION
In the original publishers cloth bindings. Externally, sound. There is some bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. There is some slight wear to the cloth to the heads and tails of the spines. Prior owners book plate to the first pastedown of Coast and Castles. The hinges are loose. Internally, loosely bound. The pages are disbound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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