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The Dictionary Of English Furniture From The Middle Ages To The Late Georgian Period, Three Volumes, Complete, 1924-1927
by Macquoid, Percy and Ralph Edwards
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Country Life Ltd./ Charles Scribner’s Sons, London and New York, 1924; First Edition; folio (16 1/8 x 11 1/2"); green cloth; gilt titles and rules; top page edges gilt; marbled end papers; photo illustrated. Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards’ monumental work on English furniture, the enduring authority on the subject. Profusely illustrated with photographs in black and white plus 52 full-page color plates. All volumes Fine. Extraordinarily clean, crisp, bright, glossy, corners sharp, bindings tight, sound, and square, titles brilliant. Volume II and III have a single minuscule (1/8") cloth fray at the outermost tip of the lower right corner of the front board. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Small engraved bookplate at front of each volume. A sparkling set in first edition, complete with original dust jackets which bear some edge chipping and aged tape ghosts. Learned twenty-four page introduction by Henry Avray Tipping, notable designer and longtime Architectural Editor for Country Life Magazine, London. Lengthy list of prestigious pre-publication subscribers at the front. Domestic shipping only on this item.
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- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6212
- Title
- The Dictionary Of English Furniture From The Middle Ages To The Late Georgian Period, Three Volumes, Complete, 1924-1927
- Author
- Macquoid, Percy and Ralph Edwards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Country Life Ltd./ Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York,
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Furniture, English Furniture, Collectibles, Macquoid, Britain, Cabinetry, Carpentry, England, Collectibles
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Architecture;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
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