YANKEE GIRLS ABROAD BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG 1ST BOOK W 12 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

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THIS IS A VERY RARE COPY OF: YANKEE GIRLS ABROAD BY J. M. FLAGG (JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG). THIS IS CONSIDERED FLAGG'S FIRST BOOK AND IS DATED 1900 PUBLISHED BY NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK CO. NEW YORK AND PRINTED BY J M KRONHEIM & CO., LONDON.THIS EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE BOOK WAS OFTEN SPLIT UP FOR THE LOVELY COLOR PRINTS INSIDE AND THUS ANY COMPLETE BOOK IS A RARE FIND INDEED. FROM 1898-1900 FLAGG STUDIED IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. DURING THAT TIME HE PRODUCED SOME ILLUSTRATIONS WITH LOVELY LADIES IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL OR SPORTING SCENES.WITTY POEMS WERE PRODUCED ACROSS FROM THESE 12 LARGE COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS AT ABOUT 14 BY 10 INCHES.THE IMAGES ARE ON THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAPER WHICH HAS RESULTED IN FOUR OF THE IMAGES HAVING VARIOUS DEGREES OF PAPER WAVINESS. ANOTHER FIVE (FOUR UNIQUE) IMAGES HAVE SOME PENCILING/SCRIBBLING FROM A YOUNG HAND. RATHER THAN ATTEMPT TO ERASE THE MARKS, I WILL LEAVE THEM FOR THE BUYER TO HAVE THEM PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED (THEY ARE PENCIL NOT INK). THE REMAINING FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ARE IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION. ALL THE IMAGES HAVE FLAGG SIGNATURES IN THE PRINTS. SIX OF THE 12 IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHTED JOHN SWAIN & CO., LTD.THE COVERS AND SPINE ARE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH THE HINGES OK. THE COVER HAS A NICE EMBOSSED COLOR ILLUSTRATION OF A LADY'S PROFILE WITH GILT HIGHLIGHT.AS MOST ARE AWARE, FLAGG WAS A PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATOR read more

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