Lot 74 , Mempes, Mortimer - Japan: A Record in Colour,

Mempes, Mortimer - Japan: A Record in Colour, quarto, cloth, number 233 of 600, signed by the author, illus. by Dorothy Mempes, London [1901], together with Venice, London [1904] and The Durbar, London 1903 (3)
Estimate £200-300

Overall all three books are generally average.
Japan - binding reasonable with wear to edges and slightly grubby,minor foxing to inside pages, but they do look generally quite clean, the worse foxing is along the page ends, it doesn't look like it has been used tht much
Venice - fading on spine, general scuffs and marks and small crease to back board, minor foxing mainly around the page ends, similar condition to Japan book
Durbar - slightly faded and scruffy at corners, with general marks all over, some pages coming loose at the spine
All three books generally in similar condition.


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