[Rarebooks] FS: 2000 YEARS OF GILD LIFE

[Norman Kane]

WE CAN OFFER:

LAMBERT,  J[OSEPH]  MALET.   TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF GILD LIFE;  OR AN 
OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GILD SYSTEM FROM EARLY TIMES, 
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS APPLICATION TO TRADE AND INDUSTRY . . . [&] A 
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GILDS AND TRADING COMPANIES OF KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, FROM 
THE 14TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY.   Hull: A. Brown & Sons; London: Simpkin, &c, 
1891.    First trade edition.
Octavo, original pictorial cloth, light wear, some fading to lettering on 
spine, otherwise a quite presentable copy.    Tipped in is an 1891 
autograph letter signed from Lambert referring to this book, &c, to George 
C. Williamson (art expert, editor of "Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and 
Engravers.")  And with Williamson's bookplate.   Complete with 11 plates, 
as listed.  Xi, 414 pages + advt. leaf.  Tipped in at the rear is the 
printed prospectus for this book  (Lambert mentions in his letter that he 
has sent the prospectus to Williamson.)    $120.00


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