THE CANARY ISLANDS by DU CANE, Florence - 1911

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London: A & C Black. vii 172pp hardback, publisher's adverts at rear, hardback, green-blue cloth gilt title to spine, 16 full page illustrations in colour by the author, some pencil annotation removable) small owner's label to front paste-down . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1911.

A & C Black, 1911. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1911. First Edition. 172 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages and illustrations are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.Book has a slight forward lean.

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. with 16 full-page illustrations in colour by Ella Du Cane. Loosely bound, green cloth boards. Tears of cloth on hinges and ends of spine. Name of former owner inside. Small scuffing on the edges of cover. Scribbles on advertisement pages.

Illustrated by Ella Du Cane. Adam and Charles Black. London. 1911.. 8vo, XIV, 172pp. Hardcover in sea green cloth boards in good condition with black front board titles and gilt title on spine and no d/w and only minor hinge damage on an overall sound spine, text in good condition though with heavily tanned end-papers and mild foxing throughout though with no damage at all to the as always delightful colour plates and captioned tissue guards plus there is a simple prior collector's name on ffep. This is a beautiful description of the the Canary Islands from a bygone era dated 1911 but is NOT the likely true first editrion which seems to have been in elaborate white cloth with a heraldic device on the front. It is nevertheless one of the A & C Black 20/- Colour Books though there is no gilt on the top edge either but it actually has a full 20 colour plates (not the 16 or 18 as elsewhere described) and the fold out rear sketch map is present. Neverthelss it is dated 1911 with no other clues to its… Read More

London: A. & C. Black. Very Good. 1911. Hardcover. Red cloth binding. Slight age toning to pages. Fold out map to rear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: A&C Black, 1911. [Reprint 1933 for W.H. Smith]. vi, 172pp 18 coloured plates and a fold-out map at the rear. Green cloth with border dec. to the front board. End-papers and fore edges a trifle foxed but a nice copy. Part of A & C Black 7/6 series. No inscriptions.. reprint. hardcover. Fine. 8vo.

London: A& C Black. 1911. 1st ed., 8vo., pp vii, 172 (iii advts), col. fronts., col. plates, fold. map, foxing to edges, prelims, missing f.f.ep., or. cl. bds., sunned spine, bumped corners, shaken, tear (1cm) to top of spine, sm stains, o/w v.g.

A&C Black, 1911. Hardback. good/No Dust Jacket. Ella Du Cane. beautiful illustrations. Marked cover, stained by rain or something, contents not affected apart from slight foxing on the edges and taning on the fep and ep. Prize/owner plate. Please ask for photos (of the spotting on the cover and the illustrations) but bear in mind I can't reply to gmail account for some reason/ if you ask for photos from a gmail account i will add them to the abe page.

London : A & C Black , 1911. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Ella Du Cane. A lovely first edition copy of this illustrated guide to the Canary Islands. A first edition copy of The Canary Islands by Florence du Cane with sixteen full page illustrations by her sister Ella Du Cane. This volumes is a wonderful guide to the canary Islands, exploring Tenerife, Grand Canary, Palma and Fuerteventura. The two du Cane sisters created travel books together, with Ella creating watercolours of the landscapes and locations. With sixteen colour illustrations and a folding map to the rear of the volume. Collated, complete. With adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner bookplate to the front free endpaper and pencil inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good