Search Results: a concise history of knighthood containing by clark hugh

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-06-13. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-06-13. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Two volumes. London, printed for W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, &etc. 1784.. Hardback.. Black and White copperplate illustrations. Bound in leather. G only: Covers worn and loose, spines cracked. Textblocks clean and complete.

London: Printed for W. Strahan, et al., 1784. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. REBOUND IN 3/4 DARK BLUE MOROCCO WITH BLUE CLOTH BOARDS AND NEW ENDPAPERS. RAISED SPINE BANDS WITH BRIGHT GILT LETTERING FOR TITLE AND VOLUME NUMBER. Frontispiece, x, 285 pages. All plates present. SLIGHT WEAR TO BLUE CLOTH BOARDS, ALMOST NONE TO LEATHER. BINDING TIGHT. HINGES STRONG. PAGES QUITE CLEAN WITH ONLY MINIMAL AND LIGHT SCATTERED FOXING. TITLE PAGE HAS PERIOD OWNER NAME, AND PREVIOUS PERIOD OWNER NAME LINED OUT. MODERN OWNER BOOKPLATE ON ENDPAPER. A very nice copy of a scarce original edition.

London: none stated, 1784. Original. Hardcover. Fair. Pages of preface through 285 are clean and tight with spine attached. Both covers, however, have detached, along with the front pages up to the preface and also the back free end paper, all of which are present and in proper order. Age toning to everything, but only slight to actual page faces. Some bleeding from plates onto facing pages. Page edges brittle. Still a good copy for reading or research. Could be rebound. There may be a few plates missing.. Clark, Hugh. Thin, brown leather/boards. 285 pp. with 26 copper plates. Bookplate inside front cover of Jeffrey Wyatville, the architect who worked on both Chatsworth and Windsor Castle. An exhaustive explanation of knighthood with copper engravings by Hugh Clark. Truly a fascinating book, especially with its text written in the usage of the times and the descriptions of the minutiae, formalities, hierarchy, ceremony, and responsibilites that went with knighthood in those days. This volume… Read More

London, Strahan, Rivington, e.a., 1784. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. x, 285; 268. Plus 82 engraved plates including frontispiece. HARDCOVER, bound in later handsome three-quarters blond calf and marbled boards, crimson gilt morocco lettering-piece to spine, gilt fleurons, gilt-tooled raised bands, date stamped in gilt at foot; index and blank verso of few leaves with scholarly annotations inked in a very neat contemporary hand. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. C-2