ENSKO, Stephen G.C.; WENHAM, Edward; [ENSKO, Charles] [SIGNED]

English Silver 1675-1825 [FIRST EDITION]

New York: Robert Ensko Incorporated, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 9.5"x6.5". Patterned maroon cloth with silver lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Black and silver dust jacket. Frontispiece pasted on recto of title page. Many illustrations throughout. 109 pp.
Jacket has a 5" tear down from top of spine and several other smaller tears around edges. Book edges and corners are scuffed. Paste residue on flyleaf. Presentation inscription on verso of dedication page.
This is a first edition of Stephen Ensko's standard reference work on English silver. Stephen's father, Robert Ensko, was a legendary Manhattan silver expert and author of this book's companion volume, Makers of Early American Silver. Robert's cousin Charles E. Ensko worked for the Robert Ensko company for 25 years as a silver expert himself. It was Charles ("Chas") E. Ensko who inscribed this copy of his family's book "To Dr. George Mueller, Xmas 1947." Very good / fair. Item #864

Price: $20.00