HEIRLOOMS: EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE PAINTINGS & DECORATIONS. Property of Mrs. H. L. Palmer Powers....Public Sale by Auction October 7 & 8 at 2 p.m. Sale Number 4403.
by (Powers, Mrs. H. L. Palmer)
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: American Art Association-Anderson Galleries Inc., 1938.. 1938.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. The spine & extremities are slightly faded. The front edge of the front wrap is rippled with the front edge of the rear wrap slightly rippled. [viii] & 72 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white frontispiece and full-page & textual illustrations. The contents are very good. <p>374 items are catalogued.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34446
- Title
- HEIRLOOMS: EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE PAINTINGS & DECORATIONS. Property of Mrs. H. L. Palmer Powers....Public Sale by Auction October 7 & 8 at 2 p.m. Sale Number 4403.
- Author
- (Powers, Mrs. H. L. Palmer)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York: American Art Association-Anderson Galleries Inc., 1938.
- Date Published
- 1938.
- Keywords
- ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES; ART; DECORATIVE ARTS; CRAFTS; HEIRLOOMS: EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE PAINTINGS & DECORATIONS; MRS. H. L. PALMER POWERS; QUAINT QUABBIN, ENFIELD, MA; POTTERY; PORCELAIN; GLASS; WATERCOLORS; ENGRAVINGS; NEEDLEWORK PICTURES; LIN
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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