FIRST EDITION TEXT IN ROMANIAN QUARTO VERY GOOD IN WORN DW. SMALL LABEL TO FEP GIVES AN ACCESSION NUMBER. (PRIVATE LIBRARY?). SOME AGE-BROWNING TO THE PAGES EDGES. 682 PAGES WITH 26 PLATES. HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER. SOME LIGHT FOXING TO PRELIMS. WITH 24 COLOUR PLATES BY ALBERT GILBERT FOUR BY GEORGE SUTTON AND ONE BY DAVID REID-HENRY. A STUDY OF FOWL-LIKE BIRDS.EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED.
Author:
DELACOUR JEAN AND AMADON DEAN
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NEW YORK, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1973
FIRST EDITION SMALL OCTAVO FINELY BOUND IN FULL CALF MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. FRONTIS. A TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN COPY OF THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION.
NEW HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. A HISTORY OF BRITISH TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY. THIS WORK CONCENTRATES ON THE EARLIER PERIODS TAKES US THROUGH TO STAINLESS STEEL IN THE EARLIER PARTS ON THE CENTURY. CONCENTRATING ON DESIGN AND ITS ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF EATING CUTLERY. WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIMITED TO 95 COPIES (THIS BEING NUMBER 16) ON OLD STYLE HAND-MADE PAPER SIGNED BY THE EDITOR W L RENWICK BOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. A VERY NICE COPY.
EDITION DEFINITIVE. FROM THE OEUVRES COMPLETES. BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS TEG THREE RAISED BANDS MARBLED END PAPERS. A VERY NICE COPY. FRENCH TEXT.