Sir Robert Bignold (13 results)

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Clippings stuck to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Pages tanned with spotting. DJ is toned with some edge wear.

Cloth. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg. First Edition. 320pp. Plates. Bignold connection with Norwich Union. Jacket v/g but v.slightly faded. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Nr Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. NOTE FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS: HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE FEE FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PRICE-DETAILS IF RELEVANT. Excellent clean firm interior with several b&w photos and a genealogical fold-out table, just very faintly tanned to front e/paper, excellent cloth boards with bright gilt-lettering; d/j has minor nicks to corners and top spine-tip, a little dulled to edges but good appearance generally for the age with no large tears or loss./.

xvii[i]319[1] pp, portrait frontis plus occasional other plates. Original blue cloth gilt, top edge coloured. 26 cm x 17 cm. Occasional minor marks to cloth, bumping to uppper corner of front board, contents lightly age browned.

xvii[i], 319[1] pp, numerous black & white plates. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. 25.5 cm x 17.5 cm. Cloth very lightly soiled with the occasional mark, upper corner of front board slightly bumped, contents lightly age browned.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Slightly cocked. DW hasa minor internal repair. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1100g.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo xvii+319pp., b/w pls. & ills., fldg. table, index, And their connection with the Norwich Union.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked, dust-dulled & price-clipped dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 319 pages; Description: xvii, 319 p. Plates, ports. , facsims. , geneal. Tables. 26 cm. Subjects: Bignold family. Norwich Union Life / Fire Insurance Society, Norwich, Eng. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo plates. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked, dust-dulled & price-clipped dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 319 pages; Description: xvii, 319 p. Plates, ports. , facsims. , geneal. Tables. 26 cm. Subjects: Bignold family. Norwich Union Life / Fire Insurance Society, Norwich, Eng. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo plates. 1 Kg.

Hardback. & their connection with the Norwich Union. 337pp, 41 plates 1948. VG in DW.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An illuminating history of a prominent family in British history in a beautiful illustrated copy. Robert Bignold records the history of his forefathers from his great-great grandfather to himself, illuminating the family that founded the Norwich Union which grew to become one of the largest British financial institutions, Aviva, and the history of Norwich and Britain as a whole.Including forty-five plate illustrations and a fold out family tree.Collated, complete.In the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. Small mark to front free end paper. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Some bumping to the head and tail. Spine is discoloured as is the top of the rear wrap. The extremities are also bumped. Some marks to the rear wrap and fading to the joints. Near Fine. book.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1948 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 400 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 400.