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Calligraphic Illuminated Address for Mayor of Bath
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bath, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A highly embellished illuminated address presented to the outgoing Mayor of Bath, Councillor William Henry Jordan Shepherd, in May 1962. Written on 2 parchment panels, with 2 watercolour views and titles of events he attended during his mayoralty. Finely bound in red leather with gilt arms of Bath on top and enclosed in a red cloth clam shell box which exhibits trivial wear to its hinge.
A highly embellished illuminated address presented to an outgoing Mayor of Bath.
A highly embellished illuminated address presented to an outgoing Mayor of Bath.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chris Phillips
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001619
- Title
- Calligraphic Illuminated Address for Mayor of Bath
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Bath
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 2
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bath Mayor calligraphy binding Art, Political, Graphic Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Manuscripts;
Terms of Sale
Chris Phillips
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chris Phillips
Biblio member since 2015
Chippenham, Wiltshire
About Chris Phillips
I operate, solely, from home.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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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