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THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE; Its form, colour, & history
by FOLEY, Edwin
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dodge. Two volumes. 4to, pp. 427, 420. Tan leather, stamped in gilt, AEG. Ex library. Illustrated by the author. One hundred full-color plates tipped in, with 1,000 drawings in text. Charts of British woodwork styles, woods used, etc. Covers little worn at corners and ends of spine, front hinge tender in Vol. I, o/w VG. The periods and styles covered include Chippendale, late Colonial America, Georgian, Regence and Louis XV French, Louis XVI, Directoire and Empire, and Georgian. Most of the color illustrations are of extremely ornate, if not downright gaudy, pieces.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Life Books Inc
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 34764
- Title
- THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE; Its form, colour, & history
- Author
- FOLEY, Edwin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodge
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Second Life Books Inc
Books returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...