Old London Silver: Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks
by Howard, Montague
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair, spine missing, binding holding, covers scuffed, especially lower one, corners and some edges worn. Pages slightly age-dark
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First. Hardcover. Fair, spine missing, binding holding, covers scuffed, especially lower one, corners and some edges worn. Pages slightly age-darkened.. Leather on boards with gilt titling and decoration, no dust jacket as issued, 405 pp., 5 full-page illustrations in silver-gilt including frontispiece, 173 bw figures in text, and over 4,000 facsimilies of makers marks and hall-marks. A classic book. Summarized from the preface: Includes a short history of the silversmiths' art in England, illustrated by portraits of distinguished ones, and "pieces of silver that one finds on a well-appointed table...The list of makers' marks is the most elaborate ever compiled...The difficult question of frauds is considered.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128429
- Title
- Old London Silver: Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks
- Author
- Howard, Montague
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair, spine missing, binding holding, covers scuffed, especially lower one, corners and some edges worn. Pages slightly age-dark
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- European Decorative Arts ; Old London Silver ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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