Fine Points of Furniture: Early American
by Sack, Albert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publications, Inc., 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8th Printing Copyright 1950. Eighth Printing, September, 1966. Hard cover in very good condition with rust colored boards, cream spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text clean & tight; no writings; no markings noted. Papers are glossy with several photos of furniture on just about every page. Dust jacket very good with some light shelf and edge wear; corners bumped; no price printed on flap but there is in black ink, in space where price would be, the number 3.95. * From the cover, ""A pictorial guide to the evaluation and selection of early American furniture."" From the jacket flap, "". . .presents a thorough analysis, through pictures and text, of the various elements of design, decoration, craftsmanship, construction and finish of early American furniture, showing with each type discussed three examples - good, better, best -and comparing the relative merits and consequent value differentials of each. . .. ""
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001430
- Title
- Fine Points of Furniture: Early American
- Author
- Sack, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crown Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Furniture, American Furniture - Early Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- House & Home; Antiques & Collectibles;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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