The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments by McClelland, Nancy - 1926

Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, spine dulled, 1/2" tear at spine top, else firm and unused .

J.B. Lippincott Company. 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, with 8 illustrations in color and 206 in doubletone; decorative cover; deckeled page edges; fading and light shelf wear to exterior; otherw ise contents in good condition with clean text, firm binding. .

Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1926. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Upper board a little marked. Ex-Public Library: Numerals to the spine; Scattered stamps; Library card to the rear paste down. Remnants of a private book plate to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . Hardback. Physically 9” x 6¼” (1.8 kg); 273pp; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour plates; Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded with descriptive letter-press); All edges gilt; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #193993|| Condition:

MCCLELLAND, Nancy. THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF DECORATIVE WALL-TREATMENTS. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1926. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece, 273, (1) page plates. First edition. Covering the use of tiles, stucco, plaster, wood-panelling, and other treatments. Minor edgewear, else very good.

Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1926., 1926. 8vo. pp. 273. 8 colour plates incl. frontis., & 206 b/w illus. on many double-sided plates. cloth (rubbed, previous owner's signature & some scoring in pencil). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1926. One of the earliest American female decorators of the 20th century, Nancy Vincent McClelland was one of the foremost advocates for the professionalization of interior design. An expert on wallpaper, Scottish furniture design, and both European and American art and antiquities, McClelland gained international renown as an interior decorator, wallpaper designer, and collector of antique furniture. The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments contains chapters on the historic development of decorated walls, plaster walls, frescoed and painted walls, tiles as wall decoration, wood-paneling, and the openings of a room and their composition.