Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. No dw, red bds with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration (shield) to upper panel, red top text block edge, tanning to other edges, free end paper missing, sl fading to spine, owner's bookplate to paste-down, 3 x postcard-sized cards with shield symbols on them adhered to rear free end paper and last text leaf below text, top 40mm of upper hinge split, with a few small minor surface marks to cover. ; 240x170mm; 316 pages .

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Bookseller: Lion Books PBFA (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 73329
Title: Boutell's Heraldry
Author: C. W. Scott-Giles (Revised by)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: History, Shelf Below Science & Medicine

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...
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