Lot 178

Laking, Sir Guy Francis
A Record of European Armour and Arms through Seven Centuries

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
£504
Description
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1920-22. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, original beige cloth with red morocco spine-labels, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, halftone photographic illustrations throughout the text, photogravure frontispiece to volumes 1 and 2, each volume with the dust jacket, volume 1 dust jacket with tear to head of rear panel, volumes 2-5 covers mottled. [Together with the supplementary volume:] A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924 by Francis Henry Cripps-Day, London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1925, 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, frontispiece, illustrations throughout
Footnote
Note: Rare in the dust jackets.
