The Complete Book of Furniture Repair and Refinishing: Revised Edition
by KINNEY, Ralph Parsons
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0684124378
- ISBN 13
- 9780684124377
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0684124378 . Book club edition. A complete guide to furniture restoration and finishing, originally published in 1950 and fully updated and revised by the staff of The Family Handyman magazine in 1971. Topics range from furniture repair to removal of old finishes to application of new. With plenty of black & white photos and drawings. --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket features color image of a craftsman putting the finishing touches on an antique. --- With a small dampstain to tail of spine, else a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Dust jacket with some sun-caused discoloration to spine area & slight rubbing, otherwise bright and in great shape.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 276 pages .
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- Seller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 83367
- Title
- The Complete Book of Furniture Repair and Refinishing: Revised Edition
- Author
- KINNEY, Ralph Parsons
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0684124378
- ISBN 13
- 9780684124377
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 0684124378
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Home Repair, Design, Decorating;
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Bluebird Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.