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Published by Chatto & Windus, 1968
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1968. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1968
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 207 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards with vivid gilt titles to spine. Original dust jacket, with chips, small tears and sunfading. Illustrated in full color & black and white throughout. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 2233167.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. jacket is worn, torn and chipped. edge wear on boards. light foxing and marks. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by London: Chatto & Windus, 1968
First Edition
1st edition. "Traces the fortunes of the de la Rue family from their impecuious Guernsey beginnings to the start of their playing card business in pre-Victorian London and on through the company's dealings with Imperial Russia and the Confederated States of America to the mounting of the Great Exhibition and De La Rue's association with the birth of unified Italy.Enjoying a monopoly at the turn of the century, declining into bear bankruptcy, and recovering its prosperity in Chiang Kai-shek's China." Pp.xvi/207, 4 colour plates + 14 monochrome plates. Red cloth, dustwrapper has slight sunning to spine and minor edge wear. VG/VG.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 207 pages illustrated . Very good clean copy with no previous ownership markings in a fair tape repaired dust jacket.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Published by London. Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London. Chatto and Windus. 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Red boards with decorative gilt tooling to the spine panel and black paste down with titles. Pristine clean contents. Condition. Near Fine. Dust wrapper is unclipped and shows hardly any wear; a hint of grubbiness and extremely minor wear at head and tail of spine. Pictorial on both sides . Almost Fine condition. A history of this printing firm specializing in printing playing cards and banknotes and were noted by their colour work. With 14 illustrations including 4 colour. Many monochrome illustrations in text. Black and white frontispiece and family tree of De La Rue dynasty.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1968
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
8vo. pp xv, 207, 19 plates. Attractively bound in full green leather, lettered gilt at the spine. Special presentation binding to the design expert Lord Paul Reilly on the occasion of the 'De La Rue Annual Dinner', 1968. Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. Plate on the front pastedown of Thomas De La Rue, with very slight yellowing at preliminary edges and slight rubbing at spine hinge, otherwise sound, very good+ with clean text and plates. In clean, VG slip-case.
Published by London : Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some minor surface marks evident on cover of spine. Offsetting on pages 90-91 from previous owner's bookmark. In a non-matching green slipcase, i.e. not originally included with this edition. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: "Presented to C, D. Hamilton on on the occasion of the De La Rue Annual Dinner 1968" --presentation label on ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages; Physical description: xv, 207 p. : 19 plates, illus. (incl. 1 col. ), facsims. (some col. ), tables, ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Thomas De La Rue & Company - History. De La Rue Company Limited - Studies. Business enterprises - History - Great Britain. Printers - Great Britain - Printing industry. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some minor surface marks evident on cover of spine. Offsetting on pages 90-91 from previous owner's bookmark. In a non-matching green slipcase, i.e. not originally included with this edition. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: "Presented to C, D. Hamilton on on the occasion of the De La Rue Annual Dinner 1968" --presentation label on ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages; Physical description: xv, 207 p. : 19 plates, illus. (incl. 1 col. ), facsims. (some col. ), tables, ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Thomas De La Rue & Company - History. De La Rue Company Limited - Studies. Business enterprises - History - Great Britain. Printers - Great Britain - Printing industry. 1 Kg.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1968
ISBN 10: 070111343XISBN 13: 9780701113438
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within.