Grieve Hilda E P (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Essex Record Publications no. 21, 33pp with bw facsimile plates, ex-reference library with usual stamps and labels, hardback in library cloth gilt.

sewn PAPERBACK, very good used copy, cover worn around edges, old label roughly removed. LAID IN: several photocopied pages of handwriting-related material and early alphabet styles. GRIEVE, HILDA E. P. Examples of English handwriting, 1150-1750. With transcripts and translations. Essex, Eng.: Essex Education Committee, 1974, 4th impression, 33pp., . Series: Essex Record Office. Publications, no. 21. - Consists mainly of facsimle pages of very difficult historical handwritten documents on left side with transcription and modern translation on right side.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. iii 18pp with XVI bw facsimile plates, printed card covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Plates (illustrator). Essex, UK: Essex Education Committee. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1959. . Hardcover. Sm 4to., 33pp., Loose plate; shelf wear; paint stain on bottom corner; spine bumped; small marks on top page edges; pages clean and unmarked. .

paperback. Condition: Fair. 1949; blue paper covers with gold titles and accents; wear and discoloration around edges; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; Previous owner's name on front cover; front hinge is cracked, becoming detached; 30 pages.

Paperback. Wrs, rubbed & marked, torn & repaired.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. Dark grey cloth. 262 pp. plus 12 page appendix. B/w plates. Very clean. No inscriptions. VG+.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marking. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

8vo Softcover. Condition: Good. 4th Impression. 33p. Contents are unmarked with b/w photos. Dark green have lightly bumped corners and spine ends with minor shelf wear on backside. Binding is tight with an uncreased spine. Small ex-libris sticker on internal front cover. Front hinge is slightly tearing from cover, as pictured.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Impression. 33pp, transcripts, translations, short list of books for detailed study and rference. Loosely inside back cover Alphabets from A Wright's 'Court Hand Restored' (5th ed, 1818). Decorative lighy card cover. Size: 4to.

Softback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint.

Fourth Edition. Fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Essex Record Office publication ; no.21. Physical description; ii, 33, 28 leaves of plates : facsimiles ; 25 cm. Subjects; Paleography, English. Writing England Essex History. Archives England Essex. Essex (England) Genealogy Sources. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff dark blue wrappers with gold lettering and border ruling. Book is tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings - near fine.

Softback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Companion to "Some Examples of English Handwriting". Includes transcripts and translations of a variety of scripts at different levels of skill and formality. 16 b/w photographic plates of mss. Red paper covers with faded gilt. No markings or inscription. All profits to Amnesty International.

Soft Cover. Condition: VERY GOOD. No Jacket. 16 plates.; 18pp. 8vo orig. wrappers, faded, mark on front cover,

Fourth Edition. Fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Essex Record Office publication ; no.21. Physical description; ii, 33, 28 leaves of plates : facsimiles ; 25 cm. Subjects; Paleography, English. Writing England Essex History. Archives England Essex. Essex (England) Genealogy Sources. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First edition - published as Essex Record Office publication No. 21. A fascinating study of the history and development of handwriting in England, across the period 1150 to 1750. The documents used for this work were all from Essex parish records and other archives to be found in Essex. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-eight plates, and in-text illustrations. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the front board. Boards clean and unmarked. Head of spine and corners slightly creased. Internally also near fine with a small contemporary ownership name in ink to the top of the front free endpaper. No creases or tears. Pages clean. Printed on glossy nice quality photo paper. No dustwrapper issued - most copies were paper-bound and priced at ten shillings. This is one of the clothbound copies which were priced at 12s. 6d. - as stated on the title page. ***iv prelim-pages plus 33 pages of plates and accompanying translations, with a short list of books for detailed study and reference at the back of the book. 252mm x 154mm. ***'The plates in this collection, ranging in date from the late thirteenth to the late eighteenth century, show a wide variety of scripts and very different kinds of skill and formality. The two medieval deeds [Plates I and II] are the work of professional scribes with a strict training. Several of the later examples are the work to whom of writing was a labour, as we should expect in a collection made from parish records. [Quote taken from Part I: Examples from Essex Parish Records] ***First impression of the true first edition in the scarcer cloth binding, in nice bright collectable condition. A rich and detailed primary source history, of interest to academics researching handwriting, and local historians researching the history of Essex. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Soft. Condition: Very Good. Fifth Impression. Pages clean and bright, soft covers and binding tidy. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Octavo, 33pp. Blue cloth binding with gilt text to cover, very minimal shelf wear to edges and corners, Previous owners name to first free end paper, otherwise internally immaculate, no marks.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). The publisher's presentation copy of this fascinating study of the development of English handwriting, presented to Richard William Hunt, who assisted in this work. The publisher's presentation copy, letter tipped in to the recto to the front endpaper, signed from F. G. Emmison, who was a County Archivist for Essex. Dated 22nd April 1954, 'Dear Dr. Hunt, I am sending with compliments of the Education Committee a copy of Examples of English Handwriting, and I am instructed by the members to express their appreciation of your encouragement and support in its preparation. May I also add my personal thanks for your help. Perhaps you would like to have a few prospectuses for your students. Sincerely, Fred Emmison'.Bookplate of Richard William Hunt to the front pastedown. Hunt was the Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library for thirty years. Hunt is thanked by the author to the foreword.A fascinating study of the history and development of handwriting in England, across the period of 1150 to 1750. The documents used for this work were all from Essex parish records and other archives in Essex.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-eight plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.By Hilda E. P. Grieve. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Spine is faded. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Bookplate and prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Publisher's letter tipped in to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Profusely illustrated (both books) (illustrator). One book and one booklet: the Examples of English Handwriting is a narrow 4to soft back in the series: Essex Record Office Publications, No. 21. Fourth impression 1974. 33pp.consiting almost entirely of 28 illustrative Plates with transcriptions. Clean, bright and no markings apart from a small neat name and original price on first free end-paper.The Humanistic Script (Fine condition) is a Bodleian Library publication, first published in 1960 and here in a 1976 reprint. Five pages of Introduction and descriptions of the 24 black and white photo Plates. No markings or inscriptions. (Bonus: an A3 photocopy of a 28-line, 1567 Will of a Radwinter Farmer with full transcription. A very practical set of paleography resources.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Library rebind. Quick dispatch from UK seller.