Catalogue of an Exhibition of Royal Plate from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. By Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen
by Oman, Charles (introduction), and John Hayward (catalogue entries)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office for the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1954). 212 x 138 mm; saddle-stitched grey card wrappers; pp. 51. Earlier owner's name in small, neat hand on upper cover; top fore-corner slightly bumped. Very good condition. "The gracious consent of Her Majesty to the holding of an exhibition of Royal Plate during her absence on her Commonwealth Tour has presented the public with an opportunity which it has never enjoyed before. The subject of the present exhibition is the State Plate which in normal times when the Sovereign is in the United Kingdom, is in intermittent use and is divided between Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle." TO SELL WITH: Royal Plate from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle (London: HMSO, 1954) 181 x 121 mm; red card wrappers; unpaginated [pp. 32]; twenty-eight captioned photographic plates; introduction by C.C.O. [no doubt Charles Oman]. Wrappers a little foxed; earlier owner's name in small, neat hand on title page. Very good condition. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4596
- Title
- Catalogue of an Exhibition of Royal Plate from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. By Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen
- Author
- Oman, Charles (introduction), and John Hayward (catalogue entries)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office for the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1954)
- Keywords
- Royal treasures. Material culture. Antiques. Utensils. Silver. Silverware Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Britain;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...