THE BALLOCH CASTLE SEASONS OF LUCAS: Being Four Gobelin Tapestries rich with gold, 8 feet 2 inches high, with combined width of 41 feet 7 inches From Balloch Castle, near Glasgow, where they hung for nearly two centuries A companion set to the famous Months of Lucas, and by the same designer.
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately printed for Warwick House, Ltd., 1918. Hardcover. Very good condition. One of 25 copies, this being number 8 presented to Samuel Mather. Four colored plates Bound in publisher's original quarter red leather and paper covered boards with a red leather label on the front cover stamped in in gilt. Bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Uncut. Spine is rubbed. Chips to the extremities. Interior is clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9013730
- Title
- THE BALLOCH CASTLE SEASONS OF LUCAS: Being Four Gobelin Tapestries rich with gold, 8 feet 2 inches high, with combined width of 41 feet 7 inches From Balloch Castle, near Glasgow, where they hung for nearly two centuries A companion set to the famous Months of Lucas, and by the same designer.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately printed for Warwick House, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- textiles
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...