Maxfield Parrish-Illustrated "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" by Edith Wharton

Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Ephemera Nonfiction

Item Details

Title and Author/Editor	Italian Villas and Their Gardens (Edith Wharton)
Genre	Architecture and Design, Home and Garden, Reference
Illustrator	Maxfield Parrish (American, 1870–1966)
Type of Illustration	Offset Lithograph
Binding	Original cloth
Publisher	The Century Co.
Publication Year	1905
Period	Early 20th Century
Place of Publication	New York
Edition Statement	Early Printing
Language	English
Number of Books	1
Additional Notes	An early printing of Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton, her first nonfiction work of travel. This publication was commissioned by Richard Watson Gilder, editor of Century Magazine, to accompany watercolors and drawings done by noted artist and illustrator Maxfield Parrish.

Condition

- shaken but tight binding, loose hinges, detached frontispiece and tissue guard, page discoloration and slight foxing, edge wear, bowing, bumped and cocked spine, and slight rubbing to cloth; name and date written in purple ink to front free endpaper and graphite marks to front pastedown.