London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1909. small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. vii, 451 pages. First edition. (Mejer no.294). History of the appearance of coats of arms and crests on English collectors' books. 39 pages of introductory text followed by discussions of the marks with each accompanied by an illustration. Minor cover rubbing; bumped lower front corner. Spine has been laid on top of a recased binding with new endpapers; spine sunned. Original boards. Previous...
London: British Museum, 1904. tall 8vo. cloth. xii,458; (iv),443+(1); (vi),387+(1) pages. Three volumes. Fuller p.53. Descriptions of 32,966 identified bookplates with name, engraver and date given along with a statement of style. Followed by descriptions of 200 additional plates which were not identified and various other plates grouped by royality, universities, booksellers, clubs, etc. Also includes an heraldic index to the anonymous plates. Very scarce and important reference set. Rubbing to covers. Bumped corners. Spine...
