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Collecting and Looking after Antiques. (Copy 2).
by Mills, John Fitzmaurice
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0600317234
- ISBN 13
- 9780600317234
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hamlyn. First Edition. Paperback. VG+/VG/ND. Box 51 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 4th.* Date of Publication: 1977 (1973)* Publisher: Hamlyn All-Colour.* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrated card covers different to that illustrated. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to head & tail of spine and spine edges. No creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no tanning. Seems un-read. VG++* Illustrations: Colour photos & drawings throughout.* Pages: 156 pp. text. iv pp., Reading list, index, acknowledgements & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- This is a comprehensive book for the collector of art and antiques. The first part deals with ?junk? shops, antique shops, auctions, country sales and what to collect. The second and main part deals with looking after the items which you own and includes a section on recipes for restoration and cleaning products. Altogether a handy and interesting book to have about you whenever you have a need to look for an answer in this field.* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minor shelf wear reducing it to VG*
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 655
- Title
- Collecting and Looking after Antiques. (Copy 2).
- Author
- Mills, John Fitzmaurice
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/ND
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0600317234
- ISBN 13
- 9780600317234
- Publisher
- Hamlyn
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- This edition first published
- 1973
- Pages
- 160
- X weight
- g
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