It may be that a woman's badge is more likely to be original. At a guess, I would expect most reproductions to be of a man's badge.
Much more appropriate.
Lily Hall is a listed building, so maybe she was a local personage memorialized in Victorian fashion. Probably inappropriate to say so, but...
Relict is an archaic form for widow (I hadn't heard it previously either).
I disagree that it's too arty for a child, especially one trying to emulate an adult.
I like the second one. The Fern Andree signature looks very hesitant, not fluid, someone who had to concentrate on control. It looks like it...
I think OP could probably be more forthcoming as to the nature of the collection, but a lot of people, a lot of auction houses, want their...
Carolina - California... who can tell the difference? :bag: The principle stands.
If the collection relates specifically to South Carolina, I would think a South Carolina auction house would be the way to go. An auction house...
I've read that a lot of fakes and reproductions are well enough done that it takes an expert to know the difference. Without provenance, you...
No clue whatsoever. I hope one of the China people chimes in. If it was a copy of a temple or palace inscription, I suppose it could be that...
Someone(s) had to sit there and write every number from 1/5000 to 5000/5000. Not the biggest edition I've seen pencil signed.
This made me want to sort the really high-priced stuff on AbeBooks. Price shouldn't be a criterion in a selection like this, but I was curious....
So far as I know, yes, it is a review copy, but how many review copies go into multiple printings? I'd think a publisher would have a fairly good...
I have a copy of "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold", fourth impression, pre-publication. Things can get complicated.
I believe those 3-D cards are called lenticular.
I have one without a mirror. Suitable for storing over-sized books (someday).
Well I don't know what I'm thinking, but Kelmscott never published Morte d'Arthur - so clearly engraved on my mind. A rare book indeed! Guess...
The Kelmscott "Morte d'Arthur" (William Morris). Golden Cockerel "Gospels" (Eric Gill). I can't even afford the facsimiles.
I once bought a paperback copy of Faust that had a homemade jacket. The book was shot and I didn't keep it, but I did keep the cover: [ATTACH]
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