Published in 1914 by Chatto and Windus, The Colour of London blends W. J. Loftie’s engaging city history with Yoshio Markino’s atmospheric color plates. Loftie walks readers through churches, squares, and river scenes while Markino paints London as it looked and felt in the early twentieth century. The book belongs to the Edwardian wave of richly illustrated city portraits and reflects a moment of Anglo Japanese exchange, with Markino’s essay describing how he captured London’s night light, mist, and rain. This copy retains the striking publisher’s tan pictorial cloth showing the silhouette of St Paul’s Cathedral with Markino’s name and Japanese characters on the front board.
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Good and sound overall with honest shelf wear. Pictorial cloth shows rubbing and light soiling, spine toned with fraying at head and tail and mild corner bumps. Endpapers toned with an old Free Public Library Bayonne N J stamp and a small numerical stamp to the introduction leaf. Hinges show age toning but remain secure. Text pages clean for age with occasional handling marks. Color plates are bright where checked. Page edges lightly dusted.
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Published in 1914 by Chatto and Windus, The Colour of London blends W. J. Loftie’s engaging city history with Yoshio Markino’s atmospheric color plates. Loftie walks readers through churches, squares, and river scenes while Markino paints London as it looked and felt in the early twentieth century. The book belongs to the Edwardian wave of richly illustrated city portraits and reflects a moment of Anglo Japanese exchange, with Markino’s essay describing how he captured London’s night light, mist, and rain. This copy retains the striking publisher’s tan pictorial cloth showing the silhouette of St Paul’s Cathedral with Markino’s name and Japanese characters on the front board.
Condition:
Good and sound overall with honest shelf wear. Pictorial cloth shows rubbing and light soiling, spine toned with fraying at head and tail and mild corner bumps. Endpapers toned with an old Free Public Library Bayonne N J stamp and a small numerical stamp to the introduction leaf. Hinges show age toning but remain secure. Text pages clean for age with occasional handling marks. Color plates are bright where checked. Page edges lightly dusted.
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