Mortimer Menpes; Dorothy Menpes — War Impressions

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated volume, comprising Mortimer Menpes' works from his time as war artist during the Boer War. First edition.In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with ninety-nine colour plates, including a frontispiece, as well as six full-page facsimile letters and a folding Boer plan of the Battle of Magersfontein to the rear. Collated, complete. Collected and described here are the colour illustrations completed by Mortimer Menpes from his time as war artist during the Boer War in South Africa. Described by his daughter Dorothy Menpes. Mortimer Menpes was an Australian-born painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. He also became renowned for hosting soirées at his Japanese-style home, attended by a wide circle of artists, writers, socialites and other prominent figures. Binding to a large chunk of plates and pages of text towards the middle of the volume have failed due to gutta-percha binding. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with damp spots and marks to the boards. Light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Gutta-percha binding is tender and susceptible to failure, with the majority of plates and pages of text towards the middle of the volume detached, however the work has been collated and is complete with all plates present. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots throughout. Plates are tissue-guarded and therefore largely unaffected. Good . Ill.: Mortimer Menpes. Good .