William Morrow, New York, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good/Good. Illustrator: Stephen Freeburg. Acknowledgements. The text is illustrated in blue coloured drawings by Stephen Freeburg; the text is written in a blue and red coloured ink. The end pages are a light blue and white stripe. 1/4 red coloured cloth covered backstrip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 cream-coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with red and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photograph of the author and her husband to the rear panel. In this book the author, a top design professional, went from being the person telling the homeowner what would or may work into a client with the purchase of a Connecticut cottage. This book is a journey, personal, but, also relateable on what constitutes a home, how we live and what are our personal aesthetics. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and a little to the panels. Age toning and scattered fox into the text block edge, foxing to the end pages, with age toning and a little foxing to the pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the free front end page; and original owner's rubberstamp to the top edge of the same page. Creasing of the dustwrapper edge some chipping of the dustwrapper corners and backstrip corners. Scattered foxing and handling marks to the dustwrapper panels; some staining and browning of the fold over panels with foxing to the verso. Full Number Line. Size: Square Octavo. [12], 3 - 229, [1] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Stephen Freeburg. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Home Decorating & Repair; Interior design; ISBN: 0688109349. ISBN/EAN: 9780688109349. Inventory No: 0130600. . 9780688109349

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0130600
Title: Creating a Beautiful Home
Author: Stoddard, Alexandra
Illustrator: Stephen Freeburg
Format/Binding: Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0688109349
ISBN 13: 9780688109349
Publisher: William Morrow
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1992
Keywords: BZDB2 Interior decoration, aesthetics, 1990s Home Decorating & Repair; Interior design; Stephen Freeburg Unbranded ISBN: 0688109349 EAN: 9780688109349 Stoddard, Alexandra Creating a Beautiful Home
Bookseller catalogs: Interior Design;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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