Leaves of Gold: The History of the Craft of Goldbeating

Hunter, H L & Whiley, Cecil

Published by George M Whiley, London, UK

Language: English

Condition: Used - Very good Hardcover

Save for Later

From All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom

Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars

AbeBooks Seller since May 1, 2023

View this seller's items

View all copies of this book

Buy Used

Price: US$ 106.40 Convert Currency

Shipping: US$ 26.08 From United Kingdom to U.S.A. Destination, rates & speeds

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket

30 Day Return Policy

Save for Later

About this Item

Signed by Whiley to the introduction page. Stated limited edition, this being No. 541 but no total for the number of books printed is present. Written by one of the family of George Whiley Ltd one of the premier gold leave manufacturers in Britain about the craft. Includes many line drawings. 72pp. Privately printed by the company. Cream cloth boards with a green title plate to the upper board and gilt lettering and decoration to the same. Spine has a green title plate with gilt lettering and decoration. Boards are protected by removable plastic cover. The plastic cover is held by crude tape to the pastedowns which has left stains to the pstedowns and endpapers, Held within purpose made slip case in green with yellow decoration and a white title plate which is quite heavily foxed. There is a title plate to the slip-case spine but this has been crudely reattached with tape. Light rubbing to extremities of slip-case. Seller Inventory # A5156

Contact seller

Report this item

Bibliographic Details

Title: Leaves of Gold: The History of the Craft of ...

Publisher: George M Whiley, London, UK

Binding: Slip Case

Illustrator: Minton, John

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good (Slip Case)

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

Store Description

We are a family owned book selling business. We sell a variety of subjects but mainly military, history and exploration and mainly antiquarian aged books. We try to provide an accurate description of our books and usually photographs as well, however we're happy to answer questions you may have, initially please contact us via the Abebook's 'Ask Seller A Question' link.

Visit Seller's Storefront

Seller's business information

Ascent Trinity Limited
46 Hookhams Path, Wollaston, NN29 7PQ, United Kingdom

Terms of Sale:

We aim is to supply books in the condition described and seek to describe any imperfections. It should be noted that all books are pre-owned, often of significant age and have lived a life of extensive use, few are in perfect condition. Whilst we do try to describe fully we recommend that with the more expensive books that further questions are asked and photographs are sought, you will usually see more than one photograph included in our listing, especially for the more valuable books. For deli...

More Information

Shipping Terms:

Our postage costs are based upon the average weight of an octavo sized book and packaging (roughly 1kg), if the book weighs significantly more than this then we may contact you to ask for additional postage fees. All of our books are packaged in purpose made book packaging and are carefully wrapped to give the book the best chance of arriving in the condition that it was sent out in.

Payment Methods
accepted by seller

Check Invoice Bank/Wire Transfer

Add to Wants