British Antique Furniture: Price Guide and Reasons for Values
by John Andrews
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1989 . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 11" by 9". None. An excellent copy of this important guide to the process of collecting antique furniture, providing readers with a detailed commentary on value and price. The work of English journalist, author on antiques and crime writer, the dust wrapper of this work explains that, first published in 1968, 'for the last twenty years this book has in its various editions outsold all other books on British antique furniture simply because it is unique in explaining what to look for when assessing the value of antique pieces'.This is the first edition of this work to feature colour plates, a reflection of 'the huge financial importance of patination and colour'.A fascinating guide for all with an interest in antique furniture, this work appears here in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally lovely. Minor edgewear to dust wrapper head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 796F21
- Title
- British Antique Furniture: Price Guide and Reasons for Values
- Author
- John Andrews
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors' Club
- Place of Publication
- Suffolk
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 11" by 9"
- Keywords
- furniture antiques collecting antiques
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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