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New York: Watson-Guptill, 2008. Softcover. New. Photography by Nick Simone. The authors - wife, husband, and son - are highly accomplished conservators and restorers. Their restorations can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, among others. The content includes more than 55 glazing, marbling, and graining effects, and how to select among them. It includes step by step instruction on techniques as well as development of your own finishes. The book also addresses the business end of the profession, with guidance on working with clients, preparing and presenting samples, and executing the entire job process. The authors spared no expense on this book - over 500 hundred full color illustrations and charts are included. A glossary and list of suppliers rounds out the contents. See photos of the interesting processes in sample finishes. ABEDESC The authors - wife, husband, and son - are highly… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good: There is a large stamped notice on the front and back endpages and on one page in the middle that says, "This Book Belongs to Harwell Public Schools, Harwell, GA," but there are no date-due pockets or other library indicators. There is some shelf wear on the lower edges of the cover, especially at the spine, and less at the upper spine, but there is much less than generally seen in library books. There is a 5/8-inch closed tear at the bottom of page 3, but it does not reach as far as the text. Besides the stamps already noted, several of the recipes have brief penciled comments from a previous owner, but otherwise there are no markings or stains, and the pages and printing are clean and bright. It is unclear if this edition was originally published with a dust jacket or not. It is bound in red cloth. There is a large white stamped pictorial title on the front cover and white stamped author/title/publisher information on the… Read More