Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - FINELY CURATED AND CAPTIONED -CORNWALL (a county in South West recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and the homeland of the Cornish people. On England’s rugged southwestern tip, it forms a peninsula encompassing wild moorland and hundreds of sandy beaches, culminating at the promontory Land’s End. The south coast, dubbed the Cornish Riviera, is home to picturesque harbour villages such as Fowey and Falmouth. The north coast is lined with towering cliffs).Original photograph album documenting various trips to Cornwall between 1929 and 1936, which adeptly captures Cornwall's remarkable beauty and ruggedness with many fine views and seascapes.Original vintage photograph album. Containing a total of approx. 180 gelatin silver photographs, plus a couple of real photo postcards. Pasted mainly to rectos of card leaves (versos blank), but with some also pasted on facing verso page. Mainly b/w, with a number of sepia. Green cloth album, string binding. First leaf designed as title page with panoramic 2-part photograph (of Bude), dated 1929. Another 'half title page' further in, with Fowey in red letters, dated 1931. Neat captions throughout beneath each image on the mounts in white india ink. The last date in the album is 1936. Size: album - 30cm x 18.5cm / photographs - mainly approx. 11 [and 11.5]cm x 6.7cm, with a few smaller e.g. 8.5cm x 6cm and 10.7cm x 6.5cm, or larger e.g. 13.5cm x 8.5cm.Very Good condition. All present and complete, with no signs of any removals or excisions. Photographs well preserved, with only a few instances of minor fading scattered throughout the album. The sepia toned images as usual with slightly more pronounced fading. Light curvature to leaves and the boards. Minor crease on inside of front cover. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.An highly engaging vintage photograph album documenting various trips around Cornwall in the period from 1929-1936. The composition of the images is noteworthy, and the photographer clearly has an eye for subject matter, angle and light. The imagery as a whole exudes the 'atmosphere' and rugged beauty of Cornwall, in a way that we have rarely encountered in albums of this period. We have shown as many gallery images as we can to convey the quality of this exhilarating album! key words:
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: Cornwall
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 180
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1929
