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Authentic Decor; The Domestic Interior 1620 -- 1920
by Thornton, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297785044
- ISBN 13
- 9780297785040
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 408 pp., acknowledgements, notes and index. Yellow coloured endpapers. The text is copiously, illustrated with 235 colour and 299 black and white illustrations (including plans, and room plans). Dark brown coloured boards with gilt decoration and embossed writing on the front panel and on the spine. Very slight rubbing to the book edges and there are some dust marks to the top paper edge. The marks to the endpapers and previous owners name is on the ffep. Some handling marks throughout the book. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a room in Mary Ellen Best's house in Frankfurt in about 1844, with dark brown background and white writing on the front panel and spine. Dust wrapper is slightly faded and the corners are slightly stuffed. Some wrinkling and crinkling to the dust wrapper edges. Dust wrapper is priced clipped on the front fold over on the bottom of right-hand corner. "In this major book Peter Thornton describes and illustrates in detail the way in which people arranged their houses and arranged their interior decoration in Europe and America from 1620 to 1920.". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; History -- Europe; Social History; History -- British; Interior Design. ISBN: 0297785044. ISBN/EAN: 9780297785040. Inventory No: 0101295. . 9780297785040
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0101295
- Title
- Authentic Decor; The Domestic Interior 1620 -- 1920
- Author
- Thornton, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0297785044
- ISBN 13
- 9780297785040
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Interior Decoration -- History, Domestic Interior Decoration, Design Arts, Interior Decoration -- History, Architecture; History -- Europe; Social History; History -- British; Interior Design. Unbranded ISBN: 0297785044 EAN: 9780297785040 Thornto
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Interior Design; Social History; History -- Europe; History -- British;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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