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The Plain Man's Guide to Second-Hand Furniture
by Davis, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 unmapped country. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141388
- Title
- The Plain Man's Guide to Second-Hand Furniture
- Author
- Davis, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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