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AbeBooks Seller since June 27, 1998
Limited Edition, no. 171 of 650 numbered sets, signed by Hugh Roberts, Director of the Royal Collection; 2 vols, 4to (320 x 270 mm); illustrated throughout (many in colour and full page; publisher's gilt decorated and lettered red quarter morocco and blind-decorated cloth decorative endpapers, gilt edges, contained in the original, handsome gilt-pictorial and lettered, matching slip case; xxiii, 8II and xxiii, 629pp. A stunning and scholarly history of the British Crown Jewels, profusely illustrated. Seller Inventory # 111999
Title: The Crown Jewels. The History of the ...
Publisher: London The Stationery Office
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
2 vols. 4to. xxii + 811pp. + xxiii + 629pp. Profusely ills. mainly in colour. From the Library of Sir Roy Strong, bound by Cedric Chivers in red gilt tooled goatskin backed red cloth boards, a.e.g, enclosed in velvet lined slipcase in matching style, superb production. No. 338 of a Limited Edition of 650 Numbered Copies issued, signed by Hugh Roberts Director of the Royal Collection. A scholarly catalogue of the Crown Jewels by experts in their field with contributions from Ronald Lightbown, Shirley Bury, Arthur Grimwade, Roger Harding, Alan Jobbins, Donald Kin, Kenneth Scarratt. It contains numerous illustrations, detailed descriptions and analyses of the precious stones. Much information is derived from original research with emphasis on the history of each piece and the coronation. US$1774. Seller Inventory # 285654
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