The Furniture Doctor
by George Grotz
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1962 Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY. 1962. Hardcover. Edition Not Stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light edge bumping; light bumping to upper tips; small tear to spine at tail. DJ: Good: NOT Price Clipped ($4.95); wear at tips; closed tears at tail; missing small piece at lower front tip; light soiling to panels. Brown boards with gray cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt letters on the spine; author name in teal shadowbox; and rocking chair in teal on front board. Furniture styles guide as endpapers. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 286 pp 8vo. In true Yankee style, the author offers practical information to everybody about the care, repair, and refinishing of furniture in detailed, clear steps. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011162
- Title
- The Furniture Doctor
- Author
- George Grotz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Furniture, furniture repairs, furniture staining, wood furniture, antique furniture, furniture makers, painting, staining, woodcrafters, furniture refinishers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...