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Collingwood, W. G.
Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age.
Publisher: Faber & Gwyer, London;
Date of Publication: 1927
Stock Code: 15532
First edition. Square quarto, pp., [iv], 196, numerous lithographic illustrations within text. Publisher’s original midnight blue cloth; titled in gilt to spine; titles in blind within Northumbrian cross vignette to upper board; white end-papers. Mottling, scuffs, and toning to boards; corners bumped and rubbed; spine-tips rubbed; hinges cracked but holding. Very occasional light scattered foxing, particularly affecting prelims. A very serviceable copy. A well illustrated history covering pillars, various styles of decoration, hogbacks, wheelheads and crucifixes by the President of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian Society. £100.00