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William Isbister, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. No Edition Remarks. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

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Nabu Press, 2010-06-19. Paperback. Good.

William Ibster Limited, 15 & 16 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1891. 1st edition.. Hardback. Decorated cloth, VG. xii+228/pp, b/w frontis, 58 b/w illustrations mainly by Herbert Railton, cloth a little worn to the edges & corners with a little fraying to the head & base of the spine, internally fine. Study of the Norman influence in the architecture of England & France and of the lives of several Norman Dukes - Rollo, Guillaume Longe Epee, Duke Richard I Sans Peur, Duke Richard II Le Bon, Duke Robert Le Magnifique and William the Conqueror.

London : W. Isbister, limited, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 228 p. : incl. front., illus., plates. ; 28 1/2 cm. Subjects; Gloucester Cathedral. Normans � Great Britain. Architecture, Norman.

London: Wm. Isbister Limited, 1891. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Herbert Railton. A lovely first edition of the Dean of Gloucester's history of the Norman dukes, with illustrations by the renowned artist Herbert Railton. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with ornate gilt decoration. A Cheltenham Ladies' College bookplate to the front paste down, dated 1892. 59 illustrations by Herbert Railton. Collated complete. Railton (1857-1910) was an English artist and one of the leading book and magazine illustrators of his time. In this work, the Dean of Gloucester H. D. M. Spence, provides a history of the Norman dukes until William the Conqueror, and their later decline; he also explores the history and architecture of Gloucester Cathedral, and life as a Benedictine monk. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with slight wear to the head and tail of the spine and light rubbing in places. A minor mark to the front board. Both hinges are… Read More