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A. & C. Black, London [Published date: 2009]. Hardcover, unpaginated (24 full-page single-sided sketches); illustrated throughout with black and white plates; 23 cm. Facsimile of the edition first published in 1921. Series: Black's Sketchbooks, no. 12.
In very good condition/ no dust jacket as issued. Light blue boards with pictorial paper title label on front cover and rear cover publisher's note. Light scuffing and soiling to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.Artist R. Sharpley (Reginald Sharpley) produced these finely detailed sketches of the River Thames and its villages as they appeared in 1921, forming part of A. & C. Black's well-regarded "Sketchbook" series. Includes 24 sketches: Henley-on-Thames (title page); Strand-on-the-Green; Kew Bridge; Ferry Road, Twickenham; Kingston, "Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe"; Hampton Court; Sunbury; Walton Bridge; Below Staines Bridge; Windsor Castle and Bridge; In Bray Village; In West Street, Marlow; Ye Olde Bell Inn, Hurley; Hurley, The Old Barn and Dovecot; House-Boats at Henley; Sonning from the Bridge; Mapledurham Mill; Goring, the Bridge; Streatley Mill; Wallingford; Shillingford Bridge; Dorchester Abbey, South Door; Abingdon Bridge; At Iffley.