The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
by Carrington, J. B. and Hughes, G. R
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/none
- Seller
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Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
This is an exceptional copy with a large Quatro, in-4°, xi pp + 158 pp + 83 black/white photo plates each protected with a serpente leaf. The binding is a magnificent and elaborately bound copy. Bound by the Clarendon Press in Oxford ( signed on the inside of the front cover). Full red crushed morocco, on the front cover a panel stamp with the large coat of arms of the Goldsmiths Company with their motto Justitia, Virtutum, Regina (Justice endowed with the Queen), all gold tooled the back cover has a similar decoration but with a crowned lion's head instead of the arms, top edge gilt, raised gilt spine gilt title and year. Doublure with gold tooled leather border, binding signed at the lower end of the doublure '' bound at Clarendon Press Oxford ''. A remarkable copy with very light fox (all copies have this, apparently it's iron in the papermaking process)
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- Bookseller
- Calix Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204-21
- Title
- The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
- Author
- Carrington, J. B. and Hughes, G. R
- Format/Binding
- Nearly pristine
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 158 pgs
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Weight
- 12.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gold smithing, gold smith, first edition, signed first edition, gold and silver collecting, gold collection, english goldsmiths
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions Signed;
Terms of Sale
Calix Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Calix Books
Biblio member since 2012
Swampscott, Massachusetts
About Calix Books
Calix Books is an on-line bookstore offering a wide range of books and ephemera. We do have specialty areas, for example, early Americana as well as rare religious works dating back to the 13th century, including a selection of Books of Hours.
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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