Syon House 1922 (unique photo album)
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Syon House, 1922. AN OUTSTANDING UNIQUE PHOTO ALBUM, WITH 25 LARGE (22.5 x 28.5) MOUNTED ORIGINAL SILVER PRINTS DEPICTING SYON HOUSE AND ITS OUTBUILDINGS (both exteriors and interiors), AND SYON GARDENS. Each of the photographs is titled in French in a very neat, calligraphic hand. Syon House is the last great London estate, and this album captures it exactly as it was a century ago. Oblong folio (33 x 42 cm). Elegantly bound in contemporary full calf, Spines gilt in five compartments, covers decorated in gilt. Minor traces of wear to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Unique and important.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38931
- Title
- Syon House 1922 (unique photo album)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Syon House
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- coleillus coleprints photograph svv
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Cole & Contreras
All books returnable within 30 days for full refund.
About the Seller
Cole & Contreras
Biblio member since 2004
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...