Collection of British & Foreign War Medal Ribands &c. &c.
by Spink & Son
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Spink & Son, Ltd. , 1912. Hard cover album of 248 cloth war medal ribands. Published London: Spink & Son, Ltd., no date, c.1912. Complete in 14 fully populated pages, containing 84 strips (80 with three fabric examples, 4 with 2 fabric examples) - from The Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1334, to Coronation, 1911. 4to. 8 3/4" x 9 3/4", 7 leaves of die cut card stock folded to 14 pages with perforations for 6 strips per page. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, "Spink & Son, Ltd." in tiny gilt at heel, full page Spink & Son ad on page 15. Ownership bookplate of noted medals and decorations collector Joseph Warren Cutler (1857-1934) on pastedown. 3/4" loss to the cloth at the spine head, wear at the heel and tips, some age toning to the paper. All strips and riband examples near fine. A rare publication and extremely rare to find with the entire 14 pages populated with riband examples. Very good overall. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010300
- Title
- Collection of British & Foreign War Medal Ribands &c. &c.
- Author
- Spink & Son
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Spink & Son, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe; Military;
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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