ANTIQUES: PROFESSIONAL SECRETS FOR THE AMATEUR
by MICHEL DOUSSY
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
This is a copy of the first reprint of Antiques: Professional Secrets for the Amateur, by the French art expert Michel Doussy. It was first published in French in 1971. It was first published in English in 1973; this copy was printed in 1974. It is still selling.
That is because it provides exhaustive and endlessly useful information on everything from identifying pewter to preserving patina to restoring engravings. It's only 373 pages long but the table of contents is 8 pages (see photos).
This book belonged to a master cabinetmaker who had it on his workbench when he was restoring an antique mirror. Consequently, the back of the dust jacket and the spine of the dust jacket are splashed with gold paint.
The dust jacket also has lots of wear.There is the odd fingerprint on the inside of the book.
The covers are perfect. The inside is in near-perfect condition.
That is because it provides exhaustive and endlessly useful information on everything from identifying pewter to preserving patina to restoring engravings. It's only 373 pages long but the table of contents is 8 pages (see photos).
This book belonged to a master cabinetmaker who had it on his workbench when he was restoring an antique mirror. Consequently, the back of the dust jacket and the spine of the dust jacket are splashed with gold paint.
The dust jacket also has lots of wear.There is the odd fingerprint on the inside of the book.
The covers are perfect. The inside is in near-perfect condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1311
- Title
- ANTIQUES: PROFESSIONAL SECRETS FOR THE AMATEUR
- Author
- MICHEL DOUSSY
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 373
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Collecting, Restoration, Refinishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Antiques, Furniture, Collectibles; Companions & Reference;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....