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$50.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Kehl, Germany Bookbinding Brass Type Letters. Here for sale: a set of brass type characters. Brass was used for heat embossing as it hold up. We think, that this wonderful ... morebrass type set should date from around 1900.
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DE LACY BOOKBINDING GILDING FINISHING TOOL - CORONET or CROWN - 31mm
The item for sale is a bookbinding finishing tool- the tool is approx 31mm wide- there are some cracks and scorching to the front of the handle and there is play in the handle but you have to use force to feel it. Stamped De Lacy and was made c1852-1919. Will be posted using a cardboard tube or box. This is part of an antique collection of bookbinding tools that i will be selling over the coming weeks and will combine postage where possible and will be done on combined weight as it works out a lot cheaper than giving a% discount- on the smaller items typically the 2nd item purchased of a similiar size works out 50% or less. Please be aware that they have wear.Oxidisation,burnt handles etc commensurate with age and use with the tools and printing plates etc coming from the long gone old JC Player of Soho London bindery etc( see below for more ... moredetail) some of the tools i have cleaned up as they were so black you could not make out the makers names and patterns- so please study the photo(s) to satisfy yourself to the condition as they are being sold a seen. Players was the pre-eminent name in this precise and prestigious field from 1860’s onwards. Three generations of the family ran the business until the 1970’s and then the firm was re-located to the West Country until the 1990’s. The company serviced the top leather goods suppliers in the country and was proud to count Aspreys. Dunhill, Fortnum& Mason, Harrods, Purdey& Sons, Smythson and Swaine Adeney Brigg amongst its clients. In addition, there were distinguished Royal and aristocratic commissions: Players decorated the seat backs in the Houses of Parliament, the case for the Ascot Gold Cup and the famous red cases used by every Chancellor of the Exchequer and Cabinet minister since the Victorian era- courtesy of Mags4Dorset) AUSTRALIAN and AMERICAN buyers Due to the delays caused by the your customs departments checking every item thoroughly as it comes into your country your items are taking a lot longer to arrive- apologies for this but the c
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BOOKBINDING GILDING FINISHING TOOL - CORONET OR CROWN 12mm WIDE - ROYLE
If more than one item is purchased at the same time please wait for me to send a combined postage invoice(UK&International) as I do it by weight and is cheaper than giving a discount(with the UK depending on combined size/weight I can post 2-8 hand tools for £4.50) The item for sale is a bookbinding finishing tool- the head is 12mm wide and 7mm tall- there is no play in the lightly scorched handle. Stamped Royle and was made c1831-1906. Will be posted using a cardboard tube or box. This is part of an antique collection of bookbinding tools that i will be selling over the coming weeks and will combine postage where possible and will be done on combined weight as it works out a lot cheaper than giving a% discount- on the smaller items typically the 2nd item purchased of a similiar size works out 50% or less. Please be aware that they ... morehave wear.Oxidisation,burnt handles etc commensurate with age and use with the tools and printing plates etc coming from the long gone old JC Player of Soho London bindery etc( see below for more detail) some of the tools i have cleaned up as they were so black you could not make out the makers names and patterns- so please study the photo(s) to satisfy yourself to the condition as they are being sold a seen. Players was the pre-eminent name in this precise and prestigious field from 1860’s onwards. Three generations of the family ran the business until the 1970’s and then the firm was re-located to the West Country until the 1990’s. The company serviced the top leather goods suppliers in the country and was proud to count Aspreys. Dunhill, Fortnum& Mason, Harrods, Purdey& Sons, Smythson and Swaine Adeney Brigg amongst its clients. In addition, there were distinguished Royal and aristocratic commissions: Players decorated the seat backs in the Houses of Parliament, the case for the Ascot Gold Cup and the famous red cases used by every Chancellor of the Exchequer and Cabinet minister since the Victorian era- courtesy of Mags4Dorset) AUSTRALIAN and AMERICAN buyers Due
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