Oak Furniture. The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England.
by CHINNERY, VICTOR:
- Used
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Antique Collectors’ Club. 1993 reprint.. 11.0 x 8.5 inches. In dark brown clorh covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Decorated endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly rubbed at top end with small tears to back. Not price clipped). Small shelf mark to bottom fore edge. Else a clean and tight copy. 618 pp. With 16 colour plates and many b/w photographs and illustrations. A study of Oak furniture in Britain from the Midddle Ages to 1800.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94854
- Title
- Oak Furniture. The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England.
- Author
- CHINNERY, VICTOR:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors’ Club. 1993 reprint.
- Keywords
- COLLECTING::Furniture Dustwrapper History Illustrated Books Collecting Social History
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Reprint
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...