HOW TO RESTORE AND DECORATE CHAIRS by Blanchard, Roberta Ray

M. Barrows, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: AVENEL BOOKS. RE-ISSUE . VG. Hardcover. 1962.

Crown Publishers, 1972. Unknown Binding. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

AVENEL BOOKS, January 1962. Hardcover . Good. Good Hardcover with Good Dustjacket. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to DJ. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

New York: Avenel Books, 1952 Book. Illus. by Blanchard, Roberta Ray. Very Good. Hardcover. A nice copy with only light wear..

M Barrows & Co., Inc., 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1952. First Printing. 128 pages. Pictorial paper covered boards with grey cloth to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth. Wear marks overall. Clipped jacket is in two parts with heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Tape to edges. Light tanning and wear marks overall.

New York: Avenel Books, 1972. Later Printing (3rd). Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ Very Good. Small Quarto.

New York, NY: Avenel Books , 1962 Avenel Books, New York. Hardcover. c.1952/ 1962. Second Printing by Line Number (B). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good: light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to upper and lower tips and board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good; bumping to head and tail; light rubbing and superficial scratches to panels. Red leatherette grained boards with gray cloth overlay on the spine; black lettering on the spine. 128 pp 8vo. Here is all the beginner needs to know to know about restoring and decorating old chairs or finishing new ones in antique styles. Here are step-by-step directions, 16 detailed patterns, 35 photographs, and 60 separate sketches which gave all essential know-how for Early and Late Sheraton Fancy Chairs; Country -Type Windsors including Landscape-Medallion and Pennsylvania styles; Hitchcocks; Early and Late Boston Rockers; Nineteenth-Century Fiddle-Backs, Thumb-Backs, Arrow Backs, and Ladder-Backs; also detailed directions for… Read More

M. Barrows and Company, Inc., 1952. Floral covers with gray spine with red lettering. Lower edges and corners worn, 1/4" tear in covering at heel of spine. D/j has piece of tape inside, 1/2' chip at heel of spine extending to 1" chip on rear panel, 1" chip at head of spine extending onto top panel edges, 1 1/2" curved chip along top front panel edge, 1+" chip on lower rear corner. 128 pages.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good/Chipped and Price Clipped d/j. Illus. by With Drawings By the Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Avenel Books, 1952. First. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Dw has light wear to extemities. Slight mark to lower front leading edge.