Search Results: westmonasterium or the history and antiquities by dart john

Printed for J. Bowles. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1742; Volume II only of two volume set; poor exterior with good interior; one half brown leather over dark brown cloth covered boards; covers soiled; spine repaired with brown binding tape over external hinges and ends of spine, some of exterior hinges still cracked; leather on corners very worn, missing at top corner of rear board; corners of boards exposed; library markings at base of spine; library plate and stamping on front paste down; front interior hinge very weak; library stamping on title page; two page frontis plate is partially detached at the bottom; binding of text block very good; interior on quality heavy paper; pages lightly toned with some occasional soil smudges or light foxing; Volume Ii contains: list of subscribers, The Lives of the Abbats of Westminster; The History of St. Peter's Westminster, starting with Book III; An Appendix; The Names of Persons Buried in This Church; many plates all in good condition; 16" tall… Read More

Printed and Sold by James Cole. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London, 1742; volume I only of two volumes; rebound by library in green buckram with gold spine titles and library numbers; small tape mark left on base of spine; library stamping on title page but no other library markings; interior very good, all plates present and very good; 15 1/3" tall x 10" wide; 95 pages; additional shipping charges may be requested

London: James Cole, Joseph Smith, et al, 1723. ~Original full dark brown speckled calf boards, framed in double gilt fillets. Remains of blind decor to board edges. Rebacked in near-matching dark brown calf with remains of original backstrip laid down. Gilt decor and brown gilt label to original backstrip, much worn but carefully preserved. Raised bands to spine. Discreet repairs to board corners and fore-edges. Binder's label to inside rear board of vol. II: 'A. & M. Winstanley's Salisbury Bookbinders, Renovators & Artists', with annotation 'repaired 1969'. One of the foremost British binders, Alan Winstanley studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now part of Central Saint Martins), then at Luton and St. Albans. He worked for Sydney Cockerell in Letchworth, then took over Harry Bailey's bookbinding business in Salisbury in 1959, running it until his retirement in 2000. He bound wedding gifts for Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and examples of his… Read More