Old Manor Houses.
by ALDIN, Cecil
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, William Heinemann, Ltd., [1922]. . First edition; one of 350 copies signed by the artist, with original ink & wash drawing of a dog below the limitation details; 4to (290 x 225 mm.); 12 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, vignette title and illustrations, all by Cecil Aldin, internally excellent; publisher's vellum-backed white boards lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, slightly marked with some browning to top-edge, rubbed at one corner, but overall very good.
A sharp clean copy of this delightful study on Old Manor Houses of Britain, superbly illustrated by Cecil Aldin, and with a classic Aldin ink-doodle of a terrier on the limitation page.
A sharp clean copy of this delightful study on Old Manor Houses of Britain, superbly illustrated by Cecil Aldin, and with a classic Aldin ink-doodle of a terrier on the limitation page.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102330
- Title
- Old Manor Houses.
- Author
- ALDIN, Cecil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, William Heinemann, Ltd., [1922].
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...