Boston: David R Godine Publishing, 1986. 1st Us Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. Gilt lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. This copy inscribed by the author on the half title. He has drawn a book and inscribed within it "For Greg Gatenby with the best wishes of Christopher de Hamel" Also included is a letter from the author to Gatenby. Ownership signature of the recipient on the endpaper. Nice copy.

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Bookseller: Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32870
Title: The History of Illuminated Manuscripts
Author: DE HAMEL, CHRISTOPHER
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Us Edition
Publisher: David R Godine Publishing
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1986

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Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)

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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...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...