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
VOL 37 FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDED 31.12.90. VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN GREEN WITH GOLD LETTERING ON SPINE. VISITATION RETURNS FOR FIVE YEARS 1872 1875 1878 1882 1886. CONTAINS MAGEE-OVERSTONE CORRESPONDENCE AND BIOGRAPHIES OF INCUMBENTS. 125 PAGES.
FIRST EDITION. HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY IN COLOUR AND ETCHINGS BY JOHN PEEL. VOLUME 1 HAS SLIGHT TEAR TO GUARD PAPER OPPOSITE FRONTISPIECE. VOLUME 2 IS WORN AT THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. A VERY GOOD HANDSOME SET.
14 VOLUMES QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH. DATED 190-1940. VOLUME 12 IS IN TWO PARTS. VOLUME 13 IS THE PEERAGE CREATIONS 1901-1938. THERE IS SOME VARIATION IN THE COLOUR OF THE GREEN CLOTH FROM VOLUME TO VOLUME. SOME VOLUMES HAVE TOP EDGES GILT. A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A SCARCE SET. EACH VOLUME WEIGHS WELL OVER 2Kg GIVING A COMBINED WEIGHT OF AROUND 30 Kg. POSTAGE AT COST.
THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG RED LEATHER LABELS TO THE SPINES GILT. EDITED WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPANATORY NOTES BY J P EARWAKER. CLEAN AND TIGHT. A VERY GOOD SET OF THIS WORK.
MAY 12TH 1937 – VERY GOOD COPY IN CREAM BOARDS. FOUR CHAPTERS: THE MEANING OF THE CORONATION OUR NEW KING HOW OUR KINGS HAVE BEEN CROWNED AND THE CORONATION SERVICE. CONTAINS 15 COLOUR PLATES AND NUMEROUS BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
LIMITED EDITION OF 320 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 26. REBOUND USING DECORATIVE BOARDS WITH MOTIF NEW LEATHER SPINE. SOME WEAR TO THE BOARD EDGES BUT VERY GOOD. FRONTIS. OF JAMES 1. CONTAINS A NOTE ON THE BINDING BY C DAVENPORT (cii) THE CORONATION ORDER (50 pp) TWO APPENDICES AND NOTES (118 pp).
FIRST EDITION HALF LEATHER WITH EMBLEM OF THE SOCIETY OF WRITERS TO THE SIGNET IN GILT TO BOTH BOARDS. POOR BINDING LOSS TO TOP AND FOOT OF SPINE FRONT BOARD DETACHED BUT INTERNALLY VERY CLEAN. FOLDING GEANOLOGICAL MAP.
