£2,000.00 GBP • Used
Six bound volumes. Two volumes for each year from 1910 to 1912. Pagination varies but each volume contains c. 1,200 - 1,300 pages. Red half morocco over red cloth. All edges gilt. Marbled endpaper...
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Six bound volumes. Two volumes for each year from 1910 to 1912. Pagination varies but each volume contains c. 1,200 - 1,300 pages. Red half morocco over red cloth. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Sturdily bound by Bumpus of Oxford Street, London. Fading to spine of one volume. A few light marks to boards of some volumes. Handsome armorial bookplates to front pastedowns of 2 volumes. All full colour front covers present and bound in situ with each issue's contents. Lacks most rear covers, although all present in one volume. Lacks 4 issues only of the three year run, and the absence not very noticeable. Versos of all front covers have advertisements, almost all in colour, and several issues throughout the year have extra colour advertising leaves. Adverts throughout each issue. Illustrations, cartoons and vignettes throughout each issue by many of the well known illustrators of the era. Numerous superb full-page adverts for autos, including Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Franklin, Oldsmobile, Rambler, Klaxon, Firestone etc. etc. All volumes in Near Fine condition. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe.
Product Info
Publisher: Life Magazine Office 1910 / 1911 / 1912
Year: 1910
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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Country: United Kingdom