John Sparrow — Line Upon Line: An Epigraphical Anthology

Cambridge , Brooke Crutchley at the University Printing House , 1967. Hardback. An excellent limited edition anthology of inscriptions, compiled by John Sparrow. Limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. "Printed by the University Printer for His Friends at Christmas, Cambridge 1967". In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. With the original matching slipcase.This epigraphical study describes a series of forty-six inscriptions, including those found on monuments, tombs and tablets.Compiled by John Sparrow, an English academic, barrister and book-collector. In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. With the original matching slipcase. Externally, excellent, with only minor shelf wear. Small ex libris bookplate of one John Lewis to the front pastedown. Slipcase is very smart indeed, with a couple spots to the boards and minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.