New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown cloth with gilt lettering. Text tight & intact. Inscribed by author dated May 18, 1941. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous photographs of period houses and their furniture. Dust Jacket with edge wear is protected in a mylar cover. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Light foxing to text pages only, B/W plates are clean. Antiques, Furniture; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 118 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8794
Title: THE EVOLUTION OF FURNITURE (1939 INSCRIBED COPY)
Author: Cotchett, Lucretia Eddy
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: Antiques Furniture

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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

Books are conservatively described. Full refund within 20 days. Books mailed upon notification of sale. Books sold by direct payment to bookseller will be shipped after receipt of check or notice of payment through paypal. If your book are heavy or oversized, we may contact you for additional shipping. All books/ephemera are securely packaged to assure safe arrival at their destination. All books for sale are in-stock on premises.

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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

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Fairfield, New Jersey

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About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

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