Bumpus Binding (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PAGES: XXVI, 425. BINDING: Full green leather binding by Bumpus, Oxford; with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, marbled endpapers and all edges. CONDITION: Covers and spine a little rubbed; the armorial bookplate of Mountgarret to front pastedown; inscription dated 1898 to blank front endpaper; foxing to endpapers; otherwise a very good and attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. PAGES: xx (text), 200 (Illustrations). BINDING: Beautiful Full Leather binding by Bumpus with raised bands, gilt: E.P.B. 1907-1928 to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ruling to inner dentelles, and all edges gilt. CONDITION: Spine a little faded; otherwise A BEAUTIFUL AND VERY GOOD/FINE COPY. Size: 11 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches (29.5 X 22 cms). With 361 Illustrations featuring Spanish buildings, furniture, ironwork, etc. (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the small complete edition, INSCRIBED TO NESTA INGLIS. 8vo. Signed Bumpus binding in half vellum, gilt ruled panels to spine, green morocco title labels, lettered in gilt, blue linen boards, gilt ruling to boards, initials "T. H. S., 1912" stamped in gilt on upper board. Top edge gilt. Blue marbled endpapers. Affectionate contemporary gift inscription to first blank in brown ink: "Nesta Inglis. With much love. F.M.W. & H.J.W.", some pencil scoring to Preface and 'Of Kings Treasuries'. Else, clean and tidy. Very good A charming copy of Ruskin's essays, affectionately inscribed to Nesta Inglis, the pioneering headmistress of the independent girls' school Tudor Hall, Banbury; seemingly donated to the school library when she was still a pupil (1912). Ernestine "Nesta" Inglis (18951990) was an educator and headmistress, "who played a pivotal role in the history of Tudor Hall: attending as a pupil, rescuing the School from closure as Headmistress and overseeing the eventual purchase of Wykham Park in 1944. Her vision secured the future of the School". According to a former pupil, "Nesta's influence at Tudor was to make it a more progressive school, following The Dalton Plan an educational model that aimed to tailor each student's study to their interests and abilities and to promote independent learning." More recently her talent as a musician was recalled on Desert Island Discs by another former pupil, the barrister Nemone Lethbridge.…