Carpets and Rugs
by Roberts Beaumont
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Not stated . First edition of this comprehensive study regarding the history and development of carpets and rugs around the world. First edition of Carpets and Rugs by Roberts Beaumont in the original publisher's dark blue cloth binding. An interesting work on the history of the manufacture and business of carpets and rugs all over the world. Illustrated with fourteen colour plates, one folding plate and numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout the text in monochrome. Collated, complete.Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the first free endpaper. Prior owner's ink drawing to the tissue guard of the frontispiece. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail and to the extremities. There is a light mark to the front board. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper. Prior owner's ink drawing to the tissue guard of the frontispiece. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 842W34
- Title
- Carpets and Rugs
- Author
- Roberts Beaumont
- Illustrator
- Not stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scott, Greenwood & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 10" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Carpets and Rugs Design World history First edition Design Colour plates
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Publisher's cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...