Old English Plate: Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks
by Cripps, Wilfred Joseph
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1906. Ninth edition, 1906. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with 131 illustrations and more than 2600 facsimiles of maker's marks. Dark green cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering and decoration, 524 pages. Some shelfwear and rubbing, with some spotted areas to the covers, good hinges, sound text block, outer edges of a few pages a little rough, pages clean with some foxing to the frontis and accompanying tissue, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015429
- Title
- Old English Plate: Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks
- Author
- Cripps, Wilfred Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SILVER PLATE SHEFFIELD ENGLISH BRITISH MAKERS MARKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts;
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Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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