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A HISTORY of ENGLISH FURNITURE. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood. With plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the Author
by MACQUOID, Percy
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1919. Complete 4 Volume set as published. Published London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., 1919. Folio, 11 1/2" x 15 1/8", each volume approx. 250pp., illustrated with numerous color and black and white full page paltes on glossy stock - the color plates with captioned tissue guards. Green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, title pages printed in two-color. Wear at the heels, crowns and tips, rub/fade to the spine cloth in places, some peeling/splitting of the paper over the hinges in the volume on walnut hinges intact and sound, rubber stamp of Squire & Harrisson, Madison Avenue, NY on flyleaf and endpage in each volume, with the signature of Harold Squire. Very good, clean, attractive set. Bindings strong, pages unmarked, clean and bright. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009742
- Title
- A HISTORY of ENGLISH FURNITURE. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood. With plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the Author
- Author
- MACQUOID, Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- Folio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About The Wild Muse
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- Folio
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Spine
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