Book of American Figure Painters de Foreword by M G van Rensselaer - 1886

John C Nimmo: J B Lippincott Company, London; Philadelphia, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: C Grant La Farge; George W Maynard; Christian Fletcher Babb; Augustus St. Gaudens; Francis Lathrop. Textured cream covers with ornate gilt lettering and decoration on front and spine are darkened and marked. Slight bow to covers. Corners are scuffed. Spine-ends are rubbed and bumped. Sound binding. Wigan Public Library plate on inside front cover. Small blind stamps in margin of vignette title-page, 2 pages of prelims, 3 plates and 1 page of poetry. No other library labels or markings. Light foxing to end-papers and on some pages and some plates elsewhere. Bright gilt to upper text-block edge. Vertical and lower text-block edges are uncut (untrimmed) and are darkened. Contains 35 sections, each with a plate showing a small Greek-style head, with differing expressions, a mono-colour plate, and a page with attributed poetry and a decorative header. All pages are of thick paper/thin card. Packed weight 8kg. No dust-jacket. Illustrator: C Grant La Farge; George W Maynard; Christian Fletcher Babb; Augustus St. Gaudens; Francis Lathrop . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19118101036.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..