[Rarebooks] For Sale: Court Dress & Insignia (color plates)

[Norman Kane]

We can supply:

TRENDELL, HERBERT A. P., ED.  DRESS AND INSIGNIA WORN AT HIS
MAJESTY'S COURT, ISSUED WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. 
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED PLATES SPECIALLY PREPARED. IN THREE PARTS [IN 
ONE]. London: Harrison & Sons,
Booksellers to the King, 1921.  Tall 8vo, original decorated cloth, 
some spine wear, shelf no., libr. bookplate, libr. numbers on first 
page of Index, small label on rear end paper, inner joint 
starting.  18 illustrations, of which 13 are in vivid color.   Great 
advts: some which are illustrated are Daimler (open touring car),
Erard pianos, Vickery's watches, Heath cocked hats, Chubb safes, 
despatch boxes, &c, Finnigan's "motor mascots," Abdulla cigarettes, 
Cater's naval &
military uniforms (storefront pictured), Dent's gloves, Caledonian 
Station Hotel,
Royal Ediswan lamps, Liberty silks for court gowns, Thornton's fishing waders,
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. pearls and diamonds, &c, 
&c.  Apparently lacking in a number of leading libraries.   $175.00p

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