Author-artist tribute to William Makepeace Thackeray and the various locales of his novels. To preserve the memory of the sites before destroyed. Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an engineer, artist, illustrator, and short story writer. As a successful engineer he took on difficult feats such as the foundations for the Statue of Liberty, the foundation of Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Long Island Sound, the design of Butlers Flat Lighthouse at the entrance to the harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and the Race Rock ...
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Author-artist tribute to William Makepeace Thackeray and the various locales of his novels. To preserve the memory of the sites before destroyed. Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an engineer, artist, illustrator, and short story writer. As a successful engineer he took on difficult feats such as the foundations for the Statue of Liberty, the foundation of Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Long Island Sound, the design of Butlers Flat Lighthouse at the entrance to the harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and the Race Rock Light in Fisher's Island Sound. As he devoted more and more time to his hobby, which was painting, he traveled frequently to Europe and became known for his work in portraits, genre, and illustration.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1050grams, ISBN:
Publisher:
Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York
Published:
1913
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16491108107
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Seller's Description:
Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Tipped-in pictures. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good with no dust jacket. Large blemish/hole on the back cover. Yellowing to pages. Foxing to page fore-edges. Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing.
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Very Good+ White cover label and white spine label a bit browning. Former owner's name on front endpaper; Tipped-in b&w plates by the author; 8vo; xiv, 200 pages.
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SMITH, F. Hopkinson. SMITH, F. Hopkinson. IN THACKERAY'S LONDON. Illustrated. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1913. Small quarto: blue-gray cloth. First Edition. Very good (some rubbing spine label). $25.00.
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UsedAcceptable. Hardcover; scuffing, soiling, and shelf wear to exterior; bump and tear to spine, causing wrinkling to cloth; corners bumped; fading to pages, which a re deckled; in acceptable condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket.
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VG- 1916 edition bound in green cloth with white paper labels and black le ttering. A VG-copy. The book has red ink stains on the front cover. R ubs to the corners and spine tips. Small bumps to the lower corners. T he spine is faded. Mild toning to the paegs. A few pages are still unc ut. Illustrated by Smith with 21 tipped-in plates.
