George D. Leslie — Our River

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of British genre painter, author and illustrator George Dunlop Leslie's charmingly illustrated study of the Thames. The scarce first edition of this work.Victorian era painter George Dunlop Leslie's illustrated reminiscence of a life along the river Thames.Illustrated with thirteen mounted India-proof wood engravings by the author, alongside further vignette illustrations.Collated, complete.Rebacked, with back strip laid down, and endpapers renewed.The scarce first edition of a work Leslie termed his "first, and probably only literary effort". Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with original back strip laid down. Endpapers renewed. Rubbing to cloth of back strip head and tail, with a touch of cockling to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to first and last few leaves, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: George D. Leslie. Very Good .