English Inn Signs
by Larwood, Jacob & John Camden Hotten
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Crimson cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very good. 336 pages. This is a revised and modernized version of "History of Signboards," written in 1866. With a chapter on the modern inn sign by Gerald Millar. With sixteen illustrations of Billheads and sixty-four pages of illustrations. An essential work of reference for the collector and the historian. Ex-library.
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Details
- Seller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 555
- Title
- English Inn Signs
- Author
- Larwood, Jacob & John Camden Hotten
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Crimson cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Applied Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art History; Art; Design; Travel;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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