The Later Court Hands in England from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Two Volume Set.
by Hilary Jenkinson
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1969. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Thus. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two Volume set complete. 200 pp. text in a blue textured cloth hard cover with gilt lettering to the spine, in original unclipped, ($75.00 per set) blue front DJ with vanilla lettering and trim to front and back with blue lettering to spine. Second volume is a blue textured cloth cover cardboard with string tie box with 50 loose leaf (as issued) sheets: an introduction sheet, 5 sheets with samples of the 20 alphabets, and 44 numbered plates. These volumes are both FINE, the DJ NEAR FINE. Book is unmarked, crisp, and tight. Exterior is rich and sharp. gilt is bright. DJ has a very small chip at bottom front tip and a tiny closed chip at top of spine. Otherwise clean and rich. Accompanying box has minimal rubbing to back cover, otherwise pristine. Loose leaves in the box have only small crimps at right front bottom corners where they were grasped. Exceptional..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002802
- Title
- The Later Court Hands in England from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Two Volume Set.
- Author
- Hilary Jenkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Academic;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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