Isbn: 9780901953049 - British Bookbindings Presented by Kenneth H. Oldaker to the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey (8 results)

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with decorations. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Other titles: Oldaker collection of British book-bindings in Westminster Abbey Library. Physical description: 159 p.: ill. (some col.); 25 cm. Notes: Cover title: The Oldaker collection of British book-bindings in Westminster Abbey Library. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Oldaker, Kenneth H. Library Catalogs. Westminster Abbey. Chapter Library. Bookbinding Great Britain Catalogs. Bookbinding history. Westminster Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue(London, England). Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with gilt lettered front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Small mark to the front board. Page block and page edges are lightly tanned. Stamp on FEP, title page and rear pastedown. Boards are otherwise clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with decorations. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Other titles: Oldaker collection of British book-bindings in Westminster Abbey Library. Physical description: 159 p.: ill. (some col.); 25 cm. Notes: Cover title: The Oldaker collection of British book-bindings in Westminster Abbey Library. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Oldaker, Kenneth H. Library Catalogs. Westminster Abbey. Chapter Library. Bookbinding Great Britain Catalogs. Bookbinding history. Westminster Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue(London, England). Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. hardback, brown cloth binding lettered gilt, a very good tightly bound copy in original glassene wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, printed in an edition limited to 1,000 un-numbered copies 3 coloured plates, b&w illustrations, 159pp. …

A FINE COPY IN BROWN BOARDS. BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as Issued?). First Edition. [9], 10-139pp, [1]. Original cloth, author, title, and date blocked in silver to spine, gilt title within a frame to upper cover. Very minor edge wear, generally bright and clean. Seventy-one bindings are described and photographically illustrated (three in colour). "Altogether, the collection if not grand has great charm for anyone with an eye for British bookbinding. It is the happiest of circumstances that it should have encouraged Howard Nixon to produce some of his best and most characteristic scholarship" (Nicolas Barker in 'The Book Collector', Winter 1984). The "catalogue entries have been prepared with great care . the majority contain much new material or material that is now for the first time presented in a clear and ordered way. Sometimes it is information about the binder, sometimes about related bindings, or it may refer specifically to the binding in question. So it is that the worth of the book far exceeds that of an ordinary catalogue" (Jan Storm van Leeuwen, in 'Quaerendo', Volume XIII/4, 1983, page 295. Schmidt-Kunsemuller 3527 Size: 4to.…