Muriel I Baker (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Baker, C.H. Collins & Muriel I. Baker. The Life and Circumstances of James Brydges, First Duke of Chandos, Patron of the Liberal Arts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949. Hardcover with Dust Jacket Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949. Published in co-operation with the Huntington Library. Octavo, dark cloth with dust jacket. xix + 493 pages, with frontispiece portrait of Chandos after Michael Dahl, plates, portraits and plans. Approx. 25 × 16.5 × 4.5 cm. A scholarly biography of James Brydges (1674-1744), who made his fortune as paymaster-general of the forces abroad under Queen Anne, became Duke of Chandos, and spent lavishly as a patron of the arts and builder, notably at Cannons, Edgware. Based on his journal and correspondence and on inventories of his houses. Condition: Book Very Good+: binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket: Very Good. Chipping and small losses at the head of the spine, light edge wear, light soiling and a small dark spot on the rear panel. Front free endpaper toned from the jacket flap. No ownership marks; not ex-library. Ships by USPS Media Mail with insurance.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 8vo in cloth with dust jacket. xix, 493 pp. VG+/VG. Light wear to dust jacket, now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Very light wear to book. Binding is sound. Bookplate on ffep. Text is clean and appears unread. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xix, 493 pp., 25 plates. Hardbound in publisher's navy cloth, gilt lettering. Owner's bookplate on front free endpaperA very good bright copy free from ownership inscriptions in slightly worn and price-clipped dustwrapper.