Title Page Borders Used England Scotland by Mckerrow R B F S Ferguson (9 results)

"One of 250 copies offered for sale of an edition primarily printed for members of the Bibliographical Society." First edition. A very good original cloth binding. 4to. 11.25" x 9.5" x 2.0". pp.xlvii/[1p.]/pp.220/ [256pp.]/pp.221-234 . Navy blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Light foxing throughout, not detracting from the overall condition. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ex-academic library book. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Bibliographical Society copy, which is in quarter-linen and boards. Boards are scuffed, scored and grubby with rubbed and chipped leading corners and rubbed lower edges. Sticker residue on front board. Tanned and marked spine has nicked spine ends. Linen cover is partially split along spine edges. Gilt head of page block. Foot of page block is grubby with library stamp. Page edges are unevenly cut. Front and rear inner paper hinges are split; boards and rear endpaper are rather loose. Library stickers and stamps on front pastedown and endpapers. Ink library stamp on catalogue page. Text-pages are tight, contents are clear. T. Ex-Library.

London: Oxford University Press, 1932. (illustrator). London: Oxford University Press, 1932. McKerrow, R.B. Ferguson, F.S. Title-Page Borders used in England & Scotland, 1485-1640. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. xlvii, 234 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear with chip to upper fore-edge of board. Deckle edges. Some foxing to endleaves, otherwise internally clean. $65. * Illustrated monographs.

4to 234 pages. Quarter cloth and boards, slightly worn and bumped to corners and backstrip. Top edge gilt, fore edge deckled. Internally VG. Over 300 fascimiles.

4to, (280x220mm); xlviii,235p. 237 illustrations - mainly full-page. Rebound in modern quarter buff cloth, grey Ingres paper sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. An attempt to present 'an account of all title-page frames, or compartments, cut either on a single piece of wood or metal, or on pieces evidently intended to form part of a single design, and found used in Great Britain and Ireland before the close of the year 1640.' HEAVY BOOK please note that this title weighs more than the 1 kg packed average on which postage charges are based. Overseas customers may wish to email us through the 'Ask the bookseller a question' option for delivery options and possible additional charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. MCKERROW, R. B., and F. S. FERGUSON. Title-page Borders used in England & Scotland 1485-1640 (Illustrated Monographs, No. XXI) London, The Bibliographical Society, 1932. 4to. xlvii, 220, (6) p., several unnumbered leaves with 306 woodcut borders, 3 pages with 15 miscellaneous fragments, (4) p., 4 leaves with 8 woodcuts in appendix, (1), 222-234 p. of index. Title in red and black. Deckled edges. Quarter coated cloth and printed paper over pasteboards. Title stamped to spine. A compendium of British title-pages and frontispieces with descriptions and 300+ fac-similes. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine/near fine. Limited edition. Quarto. (11 1/2" x 9") 234pp. Illustrated. Limited to 250 copies. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket.

Oxford University Press/The Bibliographical Society, London 1932. 4to. XLVII+234 pages + large plate section with illustrations in b/w. Publisher's half-cloth binding with top-edge gilt. Slight soiling to spine.

London, Oxford UP, 1932. 4to. xlvi,234 pp. With over 300 ills. Halfcloth. (Bibliographical Society, Illustrated Monographs.21; traces of labels on spine; spine and board edges sl.dam; binding a bit soiled).