Country Life London 1923. G (no dj, clean green slubbed cloth with green cloth backstrip, gilt titles spine and front board, corners lightly rubbed, green marbled endpapers, ink signature and few small marks front flyleaf, a sound copy with scattered spotting outside page edges and light foxing in text) octavo 188pp. First edition. SIGNED by the author. A good reference work with many b/w illustrations. Covers the periods of oak, walnut and mahogany furniture.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 40886
Title: ENGLISH FURNITURE its essentials and characteristics
Author: John C Rogers:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Country Life London 1923
Keywords: antique furniture
Bookseller catalogs: Antiques;

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