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Dictionary of Antiques
by Savage, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Praeger Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. An apparent First Edition, First Printing from 1970, with several hundred photographs and drawings, printed on high-gloss paper. Entries about furniture, French furniture, glass, pottery, pewter, silver, jewelry, arms and armor, European tapestries and rugs and carpets, needle-work and embroidery, clocks and watches, Chinese "Lowestoft" and export porcelain, paintings and rare books, toby jugs, armorial china and glass, Wedgwood, Sheffield plate, American silver, Delft glass, Japanese armor, Paisley Shawls, fore-edge painting, old English mezzotints, Victoriana and others. Double-column texts, sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, with minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, not price-clipped, and protected by Mylar sheet. Decorated endpapers front and rear. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. ix, 1-534 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352178
- Title
- Dictionary of Antiques
- Author
- Savage, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Praeger Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antiques The Connisseur L.G.G. Ramsey collectibles urniture, glass, pottery, pewter, silver, jewelry, arms and armor, rugs and carpets, needle-work and embroidery, clocks and watchs, paintings and rare books
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Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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About the Seller
Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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Spray, Oregon
About Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Occasionally rare, frequently scarce, always fine, or is that Fine? Structure, Verses, Agency Books specializes in the fine arts (painting, the decorative arts, photography, sculpture, Jewish art and artists, art history, art movements), but also carries fine antiquarian tomes, works in the French language, Western Americana, poetry, the social sciences, and some modern first editions. We also selectively purchase books and collections thereof. We also offer appraisals and advice about library-building. We also offer a book-of-the-month club, called Once Upon a Tome. Ask about a subscription thereto. Thanks!
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- Jacket
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- Plate
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