Author: Margaret D'Este
Title: In the Canaries with a Camera
Description: London, Methuen & Co, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century guide to the Canary Islands. Inscribed 'to uncle Walter, with the author's love, Sept. 1909' to the front free endpaper.Illustrated with fifty photographic plates and a colour frontispiece, from photographs by Mrs. R.M. King. Collated, complete.The first edition of this very scarce work, in which Margaret D'Este describes her travels through the canaries in the early twentieth century. Divided into three sections: Tenerife, La Palma, and Grand Canary.With a forty page publisher's catalogue to the rear.A lovely copy of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail. Hinges lightly strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: R.M. King. Very Good .

Keywords: Canary Islands photography Gran Canaria R.M. King photography R.M. King


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