HERALDRY IN ENGLAND The History & Science of Heraldry
Hardcover
1887 · London
by Renton, Edw. H
London: Wyman & Sons, 1887. Hardcover. Poor/No dust jacket. The History & Science of Heraldry. London: Wyman & Sons, 1887. Numerous b/w examples and decorative head & tail pieces. 101 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, front board ruled in gilt, decorative endpapers. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Pressure points moderately to heavily frayed and worn. Spine and perimeter of boards moderately sunned; rear seam on spine split and reattached, 3 1/2 inch piece missing from center of backstrip. Boards lightly scuffed and moderately soiled. Top edge dust soiled. Edges and pages lightly toned with minimal scattered foxing and staining. Hinges cracked. Still good, text bright and relatively clean, text block tight. Poor/No dust jacket. (Inventory #: 30060)