Description
Limited edition of Newport: Our Social Capital by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, published in 1905.
Quarto, 401pp, [1]. Publisher’s buckram cloth, title in gilt on spine, title with coat of arms on front cover. Published “November, 1905” on copyright page. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to cloth, wear to spine. Solid text block. Includes frontispiece and complete with 94 illustrations (many full-page with tissue covers). Includes one of two maps at rear, lacking the “Newport: Key to Residences” map. From a limited edition of 347 copies, this one being unnumbered. A very good example.
