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A History of English Furniture
by Percy MacQuoid
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$571.77A$514.59
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About This Item
London : Lawrence and Bullen, 1904-1908. First edition. Cloth. Good. 15" by 11.5". Shirley Slocombe. A complete four volume set of this richly illustrated and comprehensive history of English furniture. A complete four volume set of this richly illustrated account of the history of English furniture, by Percy Macquoid. Each volume is dedicated to a specific wood, exploring The Age of Oak (1904), The Age of Walnut (1905), The Age of Mahogany (1906) and The Age of Satinwood (1908). This work has been divided into four periods, dating from 1500-1660, comprising furniture from the Renaissance or The Age of Oak, the second from 1660 to 1720 or The Age of Walnut where change was varied by the Restoration and through Dutch influences. The third period introduces ideas from France from 1720 to 1770, or The Age of Mahogany, and the last period, from 1770 to 1820, comprised The Age of Satinwood or The Composite Age. With plates in colour by Shirley Slocombe and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the author. With fifteen colour plates to each volume, with plate number two from The Age of Oak loose and torn but present.Collated, complete. With two volumes of Les Arts, from November 1902 and December 1902, a copy of The New Yorker Herald from June 1930 and a pamphlet of Robert Adam & His Brother by John Swarbrick tipped loose to the front of The Age of Oak. All are bound in the original cloth. Externally, smart with fading to the spines and bumping to the head and tails of the spine. With some marks and fading to the boards. Front hinge is beginning to fail in Age of Satinwood but remains connected. Plate 2 in oak is loose and torn. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841B71
- Title
- A History of English Furniture
- Author
- Percy MacQuoid
- Illustrator
- Shirley Slocombe
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Bullen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904-1908
- Size
- 15" by 11.5"
- Keywords
- A History of English Furniture oak walnut mahogany oak
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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