Author: Joseph Farington; James Greig
Title: The Farington Diary, Volumes I and II
Description: London, Hutchinson & Co. 1923. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of the diary of English painter Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. The personal copy of British journalist William Hardcastle, with extra illustrations and newspaper articles tipped-in. The first two volumes of an eight volume set. Presenting the diary of eighteenth-century English artist Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. Joseph Farington was an English landscape painter who wrote profusely in his diary, beginning in 1793 and only missing a few days until his death in 1821. Uniformly rebound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Volume I contains eighteen illustrated plates that were originally included in the work, collated and complete. Volume II contains fourteen illustrated plates that were originally included in the work, collated and complete. Both are in the first edition, Volume I was published in 1922 and Volume II was published in 1923. The personal copies of twentieth-century British journalist, William Hardcastle, with his bookplate to one of the front free-endpapers of Volume I. Containing several extra illustrations and newspaper articles associated with Farington tipped and bound in, making these very unique copies of these works. For example, Volume I contains the front wrap of the work's original dust wrapper bound in. Uniformly rebound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart, with some fading to the spine and some rubbing to spine and extremities. A small split to the front joint at the head of Volume I. Containing the bookplate of William Hardcastle to one of the front free-endpapers of Volume I. Several newspaper clippings tipped and pasted into the front free-endpapers of each volume. Extra illustrations bound into both volumes. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: joseph farington william hardcastle james greig art william hardcastle 18th century Various
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Title: The Farington Diary, Volumes I and II
Description: London, Hutchinson & Co. 1923. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of the diary of English painter Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. The personal copy of British journalist William Hardcastle, with extra illustrations and newspaper articles tipped-in. The first two volumes of an eight volume set. Presenting the diary of eighteenth-century English artist Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. Joseph Farington was an English landscape painter who wrote profusely in his diary, beginning in 1793 and only missing a few days until his death in 1821. Uniformly rebound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Volume I contains eighteen illustrated plates that were originally included in the work, collated and complete. Volume II contains fourteen illustrated plates that were originally included in the work, collated and complete. Both are in the first edition, Volume I was published in 1922 and Volume II was published in 1923. The personal copies of twentieth-century British journalist, William Hardcastle, with his bookplate to one of the front free-endpapers of Volume I. Containing several extra illustrations and newspaper articles associated with Farington tipped and bound in, making these very unique copies of these works. For example, Volume I contains the front wrap of the work's original dust wrapper bound in. Uniformly rebound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart, with some fading to the spine and some rubbing to spine and extremities. A small split to the front joint at the head of Volume I. Containing the bookplate of William Hardcastle to one of the front free-endpapers of Volume I. Several newspaper clippings tipped and pasted into the front free-endpapers of each volume. Extra illustrations bound into both volumes. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: joseph farington william hardcastle james greig art william hardcastle 18th century Various
Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 796J12
- Book number: 796J12
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