Good-bye Mr. Chippendale
by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Orange, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
An octavo sized hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket and b/w illustrations by Mary Petty. A stated First Edition. Dust jacket is intact with moderate edge wear. Pages are bright and tight. Memoir of the antique and design industry circa 1940s. With a sense of humor the author reveals the creative ideas of American interior designers working with wealthy individuals.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bound2please Books B2plz (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102422B
- Title
- Good-bye Mr. Chippendale
- Author
- T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
- Illustrator
- Mary Petty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- KNOPF
- Date Published
- 1944
- Pages
- 106
- Size
- octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- interior design, NYC 5th Ave, The New Yorker illustrator
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays and Stories; Architecture and Destinations;
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About the Seller
Bound2please Books B2plz
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Orange, Virginia
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...