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New York, New York, U.S.A: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4. FAIR / DUST JACKET FAIR. Former Library Book. 123, [3] pp. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Illustrated with 90 photographs in b/w and four full-color plates. Boards in white cloth decorated with lozenge pattern and tiny repeating lions with black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Upper and lower edges rubbed, lower edges and corners worn to boards. Dust jacket protected in library dust jacket cover, upper edges rubbed and very creased, corners and spine top and tail rubbed. Front hinge mobile, first signature slightly loose, but tremains attached, back hinge good, binding overall stable.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, 1963. No markings, wthe upper corner tips of pages have absorbed some moisture, no staining but the page tips are slightly wavy, the extreme upper corners of the cover have a faint water stain,otherwise about Very Good in unclipped Good dust jacket with DJ edges rubbed with small edge faults, and a tear and crease to the top edge of the backpanel and with faint water stain to upper corners of flap folds. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Handsome pattern cloth cover with gold lion figures, black cloth spine, [126]pp, colour frontis, 3 colour plates , 90 B&W photos and illus. This book records the contemporary re-creation of ancient Greek furniture, virtually ignored for centuries. Robsjohn-Gibbings, a furniture designer, spent more than 20 years studying and collecting design motifs found in vase paintings, terracottas, sculptured reliefs to re-create models that cover the range of Greek furniture from chairs (Klismoi) , stools (Diphroi), tables… Read More