English handwriting, 1540-1853 : an illustrated survey based on material in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum / by Joyce Irene Whalley
by Whalley, Joyce Irene
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 011290047X
- ISBN 13
- 9780112900474
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 1 unnumbered leaf, xxiii, 92 pages : chiefly facsimiles, illustrations (including 1 color), portraits ; 29 x 38 cm. Notes: Facsimiles on lining papers; Green cloth covered boards. Lime-green end-papers with facsims. Green dust-jacket with facsim; Includes bibliographies (pages xx-xxii) and index. Subjects: National Art Library (Great Britain); Penmanship, English History; Calligraphy Great Britain History; Paleography, English; Lettering and penmanship British Isles.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 396865
- Title
- English handwriting, 1540-1853 : an illustrated survey based on material in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum / by Joyce Irene Whalley
- Author
- Whalley, Joyce Irene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 011290047X
- ISBN 13
- 9780112900474
- Publisher
- London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
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