OLD PEWTER: ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
by COTTERELL, Howard Herschel
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1929. COTTERELL, Howard Herschel. OLD PEWTER: ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons/B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1929. xv + 432 pp. + 6 folding "touchplates" (no. 5 detached, laid in). 4to., red buckram with gilt titles and spine decoration. Personal bookplate of John Paul Remensnyder (collection in the Smithsonian) on front pastedown. Very good, spine sunned, front board bowed. Small pale scrape to bottom of front board. TEG. Hundreds of b/w illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79596
- Title
- OLD PEWTER: ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
- Author
- COTTERELL, Howard Herschel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1929
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....