BOUND BY MAUREEN DUKE?
Practical heraldry or The Epitome of English Armory showing how and by whom arms may be borne or acquired, how pedigrees may be traced or family histories ascertained.
London.
George Redway, 1889.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 250pp, [6]. With 124 illustrations in the text from designs by the author and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Partially unopened in modern bright-red morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, top-edge gauffered; with a loosely inserted typed note attributing the binding to Maureen Duke.
A professional bookbinder for over seventy years, Maureen Duke (1929-2018) apprenticed under William Matthews at Guildford College of Art. She worked as a professional bookbinder until 1978, when she returned to Guildford to take up a teaching position an established a two-year diploma course. In 2017 Duke received a British Empire Medal for services to the craft.
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref: 33147
