Souvenir of Summer Holidays in North Wales 1905

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Oblong, 8vo, calligraphic titles and 55 superb Platinum photographic prints including 41 of North Wales and a further 14 of Chester, the measurements ranging from 48*72 mm to 75*104 mm, printed on strong boards measuring 125*175 mm, some occasional foxing, contemporary crushed full green morocco, by Sinclair of Haymarket, London, ruled and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles ornamented in gilt, all edges gilt, mottled green endpapers. Davenport made Rhos on Sea his 'Holiday Quarters' and included Llandrills, St Trillo's Well, Colwyn Bay, coaching through Sychnant Pass, Conway, Capel Curig, Snowden and a picnic at Betws y Coed. The photographs were processed by James A Sinclair & Co Ltd, founded in 1903 at 34 Haymarket in London. Sinclair appears to have been active in producing such albums as these for their well heeled clients, out sourcing the binding work to Zaehnsdorf binding works not far away at Cambridge Circus. The Platinum process was effectively killed by the enormous increase in the price of this precious metal later in the twentieth century.