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Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa
by G. E. Pearse
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$378.83A$340.94
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About This Item
Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik, 1960. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 13.5" by 10". Various. - In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The author also wrote 'Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa', and this work is intended as a companion piece for it. This work documents the influences responsible for the development of furniture in South Africa during the eighteenth century, with information on the popular woods used at the time, as well is information on who originally owned each piece pictured in this volume. Written by G. E. Pearse, who was the first Professor of Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand , being the first Professor of Architecture anywhere in South Africa. Pearse also wrote 'The Cape of Good Hope 1652-1833'. Illustrated with many monochrome in-text and full page illustrations throughout. With an errata slip loosely inserted. Bookplate to the front pastedown, belonging to William S Ford. In the original publisher's cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Boards with some light marking. Minor shelfwear to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Dustwrapper with some fading to the spine and to the heads and extremities of the wraps. Light marking to the joints and to the wraps of the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages only. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 621P31
- Title
- Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa
- Author
- G. E. Pearse
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. L. Van Schaik
- Place of Publication
- Pretoria
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 13.5" by 10"
- Keywords
- furniture 18th century eighteenth century south africa 18th century g e pearse design
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- G
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
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- Errata
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