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A History of Tapestry from the Earliest Times until the Present Day
by Thomson, W. G
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Thick quarto. xviii, 550 pages. Folding color frontispiece. Illustrated with folding color and black and white plates. Tan cloth hardcover with blue lettered title, designs and borders on the front cover and spine. Light soil to brown cloth binding mostly on the front cover. Moderate to heavy foxing to the end sheets, half title page and foredge. Interior contents mostly clean. Bookseller ticket from "Henry Sotheran Ltd. 43 Picadilly, London" on the lower right corner of the front paste down. Armorial bookplate of John Roland Abbey also on the front paste down. Major John Roland Abbey, a World War I veteran, was a noted UK Book Collector. Heavy volume.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30374
- Title
- A History of Tapestry from the Earliest Times until the Present Day
- Author
- Thomson, W. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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