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The Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Furniture. 3 Volume Set. Complete in Slipcase. (Signed Copy)
by Hughes, Peter
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0900785519
- ISBN 13
- 9780900785511
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection. As New with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0900785519 . SIGNED COPY - Dedicated to the former owner with an inscription by the Author near the bottom of the Half Title of Volume One. 3 MINT volumes in glossy pictorial card covers. The 3 volumes are housed in a plain light maroon coloured paper-covered board SLIPCASE. The Slipcase is Near Fine - just a few light pressure indents from storage and a few very light smudges/scratches - Negligible overall. All 3 volumes are MINT and Unused, BUT Volume One has a single light crease line to the spine - probably due to being opened by the author to sign/dedicate it. An AS NEW Set. Black and White and Colour illustrations throughout. Volume I: Gothic and Renaissance Style, Carved Furniture, Lacquer Furniture, Barometers and Clocks. Volume II: Boulle Furniture, Veneered Furniture. Volume III: Gilt Bronze, Miscellaneous Pieces, Appendices, Index. "The Wallace Collection has the finest collection of eighteenth-century furniture outside France. Numbering over five hundred pieces, it includes furniture by the greatest Parisian cabinet makers, beginning with Andre-Charles Boulle and continuing through the major craftsmen of the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI." . This set is Overweight and VERY heavy at over 6 Kilos UNpackaged, and will require extra postage/shipping - please enquire for exact cost. SEE IMAGES. ; 3 Volume Set; Each Volume - Large, Thick, 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113907
- Title
- The Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Furniture. 3 Volume Set. Complete in Slipcase. (Signed Copy)
- Author
- Hughes, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0900785519
- ISBN 13
- 9780900785511
- Publisher
- Trustees of the Wallace Collection
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 0900785519, The Wallace Collection. Catalogue Of Furniture. 3 Volume Set. Complete In , Slipcase. (signed Copy) ; Peter Hughes., Published By Trustees Of The Wallace Collection, Volume I: Gothic And Renaissance Style, Carved Furniture, Lacquer , Furniture
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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