The plain man's guide to second-hand furniture by Davis, Frank - 1962

Michael Joseph, 1971. Hardcover book, 5.25" x 7.25" , book and dust wrapper are fine; 85 pps, with illustrations in black-and-white as photographs or line drawings; the author was the sale room correspondent for Country Life Magazine.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Michael Joseph, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. First Edition. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Michael Joseph, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good condition. some dust jacket tearing and shelf wear. Clean inside.

London: Michael Joseph. Very Good/Good. 1961. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket closed tears, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine and illustration on upper cover. No ownership marks. B/w plates and line-illustrations. 95 pages clean and tight. THIS book is for the Plain Man and his Handsome Wife who occasionally have a fiver or so to spare, like to poke about in second-hand shops, don't like to be dictated to by the furniture trade, can't afford a set of Hepplewhite chairs and don't care to have their home given an ironed-out, face-lifted appearance. It is mostly concerned with simple country-made pieces of the distant past and with all kinds of household goods produced during the nineteenth century. There was a great deal which was shoddy, a great deal we can laugh at; there was also quite a lot which was soundly made and which can `marry' with comfort into most unpretentious households. This book attempts to provide a chart to this largely… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1971 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Michael Joseph. Minimal wear. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1971.