Author: George Wharton Edwards
Title: Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders
Description: Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautiful collection of images commemorating the lost Flemish architecture of the First World War. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, pictorial title page, and twenty-nine plates, many of which are in full colour. Collated complete. A commemoration of the lost Flemish architecture of the First World War, with images of Porte de Bruxelles, The Belfry, Arcade of Cloth Hall, the museum, the cathedral, and much more. With descriptions of the buildings and areas, as well as information on the battles which destroyed them. Written and illustrated by George Wharton Edwards, an American impressionist painter and illustrator. In the original green cloth with gilt. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Minor fading to the spine and a small mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: George Wharton Edwards. Very Good .

Keywords: Vanished Towers Chimes Flanders Towers George Wharton Edwards


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