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The Dictionary Of English Furniture From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period; With a General Introduction by H. Avery Tipping
by Macquoid, Percy & Ralph Edwards
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. green cloth spine and covers lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 3 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London & New York: Country Life & Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth spine and covers lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 3 Vols. (xii) 262, (xii) 360, (xii) 340 pages. Folio, 16 x 11.3 inches. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P178. "This authoritative dictionary of English domestic furniture should be on all art reference shelves." Host of color and black and white plates printed on high gloss stock. Sharp, very bright set, and laid-in a stapled five page publication of THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY occasional newsletter No. 39 dated July 1975 regarding the 1975 Southampton General Conference Meeting. Marbled endpapers. Each volume weighs approx. eight pounds.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24164
- Title
- The Dictionary Of English Furniture From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period; With a General Introduction by H. Avery Tipping
- Author
- Macquoid, Percy & Ralph Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. green cloth spine and covers lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 3 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Country Life & Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Decorative Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art Reference; Design; Furniture;
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ardsley, New York
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