Ancient And Modern Furniture And Woodwork In The South Kensington Museum.
by John Hungerford Pollen
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1875.. 8vo. 143 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Minor shelf wear. Spine tight. Pages fine. B&W illustrations throughout. Advertising on back pages.South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks edited by William Maskell, No. 3. - Editor’s note dated: August, 1875.Provenance: Ex-libris. Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library. Library book plate, and other library markings present on spine and inside front cover.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18-6620
- Title
- Ancient And Modern Furniture And Woodwork In The South Kensington Museum.
- Author
- John Hungerford Pollen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chapman and Hall, 1875.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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