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Rare and modern books

Larwood Jacob

English Inn Signs. Being a revised and modernized Version of 'History of Signboards'. With a Chapter on the modern Inn Sign by Gerald Millar. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Chatto & Windus, 1951

23.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1951
Author
Larwood Jacob
Publishers
Chatto & Windus
Keyword
topography, inn signs, signboards, inns, pubs, brewing, beer, countryside, jacob larwood, john camden hotten
Languages
English

Description

4to., First Edition thus, with decorative title and 69 plates on 32; red buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, upper board unevenly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. A standard reference. Larwood and Hotten's 'History of Signboards' was first published in 1866 by the latter's firm, founded in 1853. At Hotten's death in 1874 the company was acquired by Andrew Chatto who renamed the house Chatto and Windus.