1st Trade Ed. Large 4to. [xxxii] + 214pp. Dec. initial letters, 72 b/w. plates from photos. containing illustrations of 385 drinking glasses etc. Some sporadic very light spotting, original gilt lettered cloth, some light spotting to boards moreso to lower board, sl. bubbling of cloth to lower board, spine and fore-edge of lower board lightly faded, t.e.g. Standard work."Eighteenth Century drinking glasses possess an interest to the collector which yields nothing in intensity to that which is afforded by china, furniture, old silver . the cult of collecting old English glasses offers at once a field for study and for information on a typical British industry, and a prospect of profitable investment for the future, which will well repay those who approach it with knowledge and foresight ." Introduction. Additional postage may be necessary US$80. Seller Inventory # 263295

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Title: OLD ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES. Their ...

Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Limited

Publication Date: 1926

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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Located in the Hay Cinema Bookshop Hay on Wye, Francis Edwards holds a stock of around 10,000 volumes.

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Hay Cinema Bookshop, Castle Street, Hay on Wye, HR3 5DF, United Kingdom

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Francis Edwards Bookshop
Hay Cinema Bookshop Ltd.
Castle Street
Hay on Wye
via Hereford
HR3 5DF
sales@francisedwards.co.uk
01497 820071
01497 821900
Registered in England No. 2335573
VAT 594 272023
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All books are in octavo and in original cloth binding, unless otherwise stated.
Minor inscriptions have been ignored. BOOKS WILL BE DESPATCHED IMMEDIATELY ON
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