Shelfmark
Iaa1.1.18
Author
Title
The Queen's beasts : an account with new drawings of the heraldic animals which stood at the entrance to Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Newman Neame, [1954]
Physical description
56 p. : ill. (some col.), coats of arms, geneal. tables ; 28 cm.
Note
"Described by H. Stanford London, ... with a foreword by ... Sir George Bellew, ... illustrated in colour by Edward Bawden ... and Cecil Keeling and by photographic reproductions of the heraldic figures sculptured for the coronation by James Woodford ..."--p. [3].
Note
Limitation statement on half title verso: "This is copy number ... of a special limited world edition of two thousand copies".
Note
Genealogical table printed on endpapers.
Note
Publisher's red cloth boards with royal device and emblems stamped in gilt on front cover; red morocco spine with title lettered in gilt.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is no. 159.
Subject
Elizabeth, 1926 - 2022 II, Queen of Great Britain, Coronation.
Subject
Subject
Heraldry Great Britain.
Genre/Form
Armorials.
Added entry--name
Bawden, Edward, 1903 - 1989 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Keeling, Cecil illustrator.
Added entry--name
Newman Neame Ltd publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B52492