Happy England
1909 (reissue larger size).
Adam & Charles Black
, London, England
This would be one of the favourite of all the A & C Black 20/- Colour Books and is still a lovely copy about a bygone era although it is not a true first edition. Helen Allingham, the artist (1848 - 1926) became the first woman to be admitted as a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
$60.00
Specifications
| Author | Huish, Marcus |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by Helen Allingham |
| Publisher | Adam & Charles Black |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1909 (reissue larger size) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1903 |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | X |
| Pages | 204pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover with no dust wrapper in crimson cloth boards decorated with pink and light green flowers and gilt titles original front board and light affected spine in overall good condition other than repairable cracking to both front and rear hinges with t.e.g. and flecking to other edges. |
| Overall | Text in very good condition with 81 magnificent paintings and descriptive tissue guards all present and undamaged with a 1914 inscription to a heavily tanned front free end paper and a prior collector's neat name below. |