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David Ell Press, 1985. . 4to, 624pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Minor marks to base of text block. A comprehensive overview of early Australian furniture from 1788 onwards.

Sydney; David Ell Press; 1985.. Limited First Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. 624; illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, 21 colour plates, 279 pages of b/w. plates and illustrations throughout the text, directory of cabinet, chair and furniture makers, acknowledgements, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, dustjacket, fine copy. Edition limited to 2000 copies. Hailed in 1985 as a landmark in Australian arts publishing, it is now considered the standard text on formal colonial furniture. Essential reading for every historian, student, antique dealer and collector.

David Ell Press. Sydney. 1985 (Ist Edition Limited to 2000 copies). Large 4to, 624pp. Hardcover, protected d/w, very slight fading to d/w, text in ex cond. A definitive reference, illus in col and b/w, list of cabinetmakers on a State basis.