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Seller's Description:
Illus. by Wilfrid Ball. Nearly fine copy in the original decorated cloth. 8vo, 197 pp., Previous owner has made a note on the title page that "Text by Hilaire Belloc according to Esther Meynell in 'Sussex Cottage' page 186".
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Wilfrid Balll. Very Good Indeed. A beautifully illustrated work on Sussex by artist Wilfrid Ball. Reprint. First published in July 1906. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seventy-four colour plates by Wilfrid Ball and a folding sketch map to the rear. Collated complete. This work features paintings by Victorian British landscape painter Wilfrid Ball which depict the beauty and history of the county of Sussex. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Lacking scarce dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally excellent with bumping to the extremities, minor marks to the boards and very small closed tears to the cloth to the tail of the spine. Old ink inscription dated 1913 to the front free endpaper with the odd spot. Internally firmly generally bound with pp. 88 tender, lightly age toned pages and spotting throughout. Small closed tears to the extremities of the folding map. Very Good Indeed.
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Wilfrid Ball. Very Good. A colourfully illustrated work on British topography, part of the A. and C. Black topographical series. Wilfrid Ball's beautiful topographical study into the picturesque wonders of Sussex. This work is one of a larger series produced by Adam and Charles Black, which saw many decoratively bound and profusely illustrated topographical works on various countries and regions. Ball contributed to another in this series; Hampshire, in 1909. There is a publisher's catalogue to the rear of the work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, and seventy-four colour plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Slight darkening the cloth, particularly to the spine. Internally, hinges slightly strained, but remaining binding is firm. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good.
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Wilfrid Ball. Very Good. A bright and charming volume depicting the beauty of Sussex, with colour plates. A reprint copy. Â Wilfrid Ball was a British Victorian painter of landscapes and marine subjects. Â Within this volume Ball captures the beauty of the landscape of Sussex, exploring the physical nature of the county and the historical development of Sussex. Â With plates 13, 43 and 104 missing and plates 32 loose with a sketch map at the end, the rest of the plates are present. Collated. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound with plates 13, 43 and 104 missing and plates 32 loose with a sketch map at the end, the rest of the plates are present. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good.
