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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Dimensions: 305mm H x 240mm. pp.191. ISBN: 0233984801. From the library of theatre designer & artist Michael Stennett. Stennett's library stamp on the free endpaper. Loosely inserted 20 clippings from magazines of diamond jewellery, necklaces and tiaras, plus one b/w postcard of Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley. BOOK: A history of jewellery through time: ' The survival of these jewels is a tribute to the successive generations who have preserved these links of their history. ' Colour and b/w photographs and drawings illustrate the text. Original publisher's cloth binding in red with gilt lettering at spine. Dust jacket features the portrait of Frances Anne, wife of the third Marquess of Londonderry, painted by A. Dubois-Drabonnet. /Michael Allan March Stennett (1946-2020) was a British stage designer. Commissions for numerous productions included Australian Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, & The Royal Shakespeare Company. By 1994, Stennett retired from the theatre to concentrate on painting. His portraits include a number of studies of Dame Joan Sutherland and in 1993, H.M. the Queen commissioned a portrait drawing of Sutherland for the Order of Merit series at Windsor Castle. In 2004, Stennett was commissioned to do a portrait drawing of Canon John White, Precentor of St George's Chapel, Windsor. As an artist, he had his first solo show at Suffolk's Aldeburgh Theatre Gallery in 1999 with a second the following year, also showing at Adonis Art Gallery, London. His works are in the Royal Collection; the Victoria & Albert Theatre Museum; the New York Public Library and several performing arts museums around the world. He lived at Plantation Cottage, Yoxford, Suffolk, and died at his home on 23 June 2020. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket.
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Very Good in Very Good + jacket. Size: 11x9x0; Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover corners are square; binding is tight. Jacket has moderate surface and edge wear; no tears. Many photographs throughout. Fascinating book. Books, box sets, and items other than standard jewel case CDs and DVDs that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.