In the original dustsheet. Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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This hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; “The history of inn signs is fascinating. Signs are entrenched in the culture, history, and lifestyles of Great Britain both in the past and in the present. That history becomes evident in the pages of this publication and is likely the best reference and most complete history written to date.”

Illustrated with 16 plates of billheads from the collection of Sir Ambrose Heal. A comprehensive reference on the traditional art of the English Signboard. The history, symbolism, artists and locales are covered in this revised and modernized version of the classic work entitled “History of Signboards” which was first published in 1866. This revised edition includes a chapter on the Modern Inn Sign by Gerald Millar.