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Batsford, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.9449 in x 8.7402 in x 5.9055 in.

London: B.T.Batisford, 1961. First edition. Good +/good. A brief summaryof the historical background from Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, and a guide to the work and influence of the designer craftsmen of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. minor bumping tears to dj 100 photographs and line drawings First Edition AB42

Uk: Batsford, 1961. Ex-Library. Good+. Hardcover. red cloth boards, minor library wear, stamped, some minor shelf wear, minor wear to edges and corners, some very minor scuffing to edges, a very good tight clean copy. lovely pictures, how to spot your hepplewhite from your chippendale.... lovely descriptive and informative book!.

B T Batsford, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. First Edition. 216 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Contains black & white, colour illustrations and plates. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Slight sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket. Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. First Edition. 216 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Small area of loss to top of spine. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Batsford, 1961. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. First edition without jacket on red cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

B T Batsford, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, some mild spotting to closed page edges, browning to front free endpaper from a loosely enclosed news clipping, text unmarked and clean, a lightly rubbed pictorial dust wrapper that has darkened to spine, b&w plates & illustrations, 216pp.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1961. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp., index, ill., photos. Very light wear..

London England: B. T. Batsford Limited, 1961. Hardback. First Edition. English Furniture for the Private Collector. Slight foxing to edge. Shelf wear and a couple of small tears to edge of D/J. The subjects about which Mr. Bird writes include in particular a brief summary of the historical background from Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, and a guide to the work and influence of the principal designer-craftsmen of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; the development of certain specific objects is outlined and illustrated in greater detail to afford a general picture of the various trends whicxh have affected domestic furniture and decoration since the Restoration. Technical details of such processes as lacquering, gilding and inlaying are described in a way suited to the non-technical reader, and some information is given on the often-neglected arts of cloth and barometer making. The merits and demrits of auction sales are discussed, a chapter on faking contains much useful information,… Read More

London: Batsford. Price-clipped jacket with small closed tears. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1961.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. With b/w images. No DJ. Foxing to fore-edge. General shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good.