Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, Transcribed By his daughter, Dorothy Mempes 

A unique, rebound copy of the first edition of Mortimer Menpes’ collection of his colour illustrations as war artist for Black and White Budget Magazine during the Boer War in South Africa.

Publisher: Adam & Charles Black
Soho Square, London. W.
1901
254 pp.
Measures approx: 8.5″x11″
Top edge gilt with untrimmed fore and bottom edges
99 tissue guarded plates – Winston Churchill is #69 facing page 150
6 facsimile letters and 1 folding plan at rear
Edition limited to 350 copies

Limited first edition, this being copy number 303 of 350 copies.

This book is uniquely special: I had it rebound in white leather to match the original white boards which had deteriorated over the years. The contents were in fine condition but the binding was beyond repair. The white leather front board and spine are identical to the original paper board and spine. Four special dies were made in order to replicate the binding.

This book is the first to ‘faithfully reproduce art works in color, based on watercolors’ making it the precursor to illustrated art books, especially children’s books.

Read more about Mortimer Menpes, the prolific painter and printmaker here.

A superb First Edition of Menpes’ War Impressions Being A Record In Colour in Fine Condition.

Item #333