1902 Retirement Gift Book Very Scarce Fine Binding

Description: Click here to see our other books! Retirement Gift Book Upper Austrian Finance Administration 1902 Upper Austrian Finance Administration : Austria 22" by 16" [4]pp SUMMARY A stunningly bound and very scarce retirement gift book. Colour Plates,Decorative Binding,Fine Binding,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Signed Binding,Very Scarce Overall Condition: Fine This book weighs 15 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 4.49 US Postage: £ 79.99 EU Postage: £ 40.99 European Postage: £ 75.99 Asia Postage: £ 159.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 249.99 DESCRIPTION A stunning German retirement gift to a 'your excellency', the former President of the Upper Austrian Finance Administration, from the other officials of the organisation. With four pages detailing the companies gratitude and well wishes for retirement, a page of signatures from the officials all in cursive German script. The gift has been dated 1902 and illustrated by Edvard Lorenzo. In a clam shell case and in crushed morocco binding with extended embossed detail with metal and gem inlays.Bound by C Wumro in Urfahr, a district of Linz in Upper Austria. With two sheets that have deciphered the cursive script of the first page in both English and German. CONDITION In a clam shell case and in crushed morocco binding with extended embossed detail with metal and gem inlays. Externally, excellent. Internally, the first two pages are loose, the rest are bound. Pages remain bright and clean. There are tears to the interior of the clam shell case where the metal inlays have been otherwise it is in very good condition with a few marks to the boards. Overall Condition: Fine GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

Price: 1890 GBP

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