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Antiques at Home: Cherchez's Book of Collecting and Decorating With Antiques
by Ohrbach, Barbara Milo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0517569868
- ISBN 13
- 9780517569863
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1989 First edition. 246pp. Index. Small quarto. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Mustard yellow cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor shelfwear, else fine. Features more than 300 full color photogrpahs and is filled with inspiring ideas and a close-up view of beautiful rooms and collections. Provides a look at the world of collecting, with an international directory of Barbara Orbach's favorite antiques shops, shows, and markets, unusual museums, galleries, historic houses, and expert restorers. .
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- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6714
- Title
- Antiques at Home: Cherchez's Book of Collecting and Decorating With Antiques
- Author
- Ohrbach, Barbara Milo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517569868
- ISBN 13
- 9780517569863
- Publisher
- Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Argonaut Book Shop
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San Francisco, California
About Argonaut Book Shop
The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers\' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by.
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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