Marrin's Bookshop

Item Description

4to. 10 x 7.75 inches. xvii + [i] + 147 + [2] pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust wrapper, signed by Harold Jones, which has edge wear, including small missing sections, and chips at head and tail of spine. boards damp stained and a little foxing largely confined to flyleaves and preliminary pages; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 58 pages of black and white plates and by plan. History and description of Westminster Abbey, and of the coronation ceremony, published on the occasion of the coronation of George VI. By John George Noppen (1881-1951), writer on Westminster. Dust wrapper designed by the artist Harold Jones (1904-92), writer and illustrator of children's books.