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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Sitwell (H.D.W.)

THE CROWN JEWELS

Edition: Limited edition

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and Other Regalia in the Tower of London, by Major-General H.D.W. Sitwell, C.B., M.C., Keeper of the Jewel House. Edited by Clarence Winchester.


Signed limited edition: xii + 116 pages, 8 colour plates (including the frontispiece) with captions on the tissue guards, 32 black & white illustrations from photographs, three-quarter crimson morocco gilt, red buckram sides with gilt crown on the upper board, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, a very good copy.

This Specially Bound Edition Numbered 1 to 99 is Signed by the Author. This copy in Number 96.

Published by The Viscount Kemsley, at The Dropmore Press Ltd., London, England, 1953

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Folio (355 x 255 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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