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A History of English Wallpaper 1509 - 1914: With 70 Plates in Colour and 190 Illustrations in Half-Tone
by Alan Victor Sugden and John Ludlam Edmondson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1925. First edition. Full Vellum. Near Fine. Georgeous full vellum binding, with gilt lettering, and a special autographed copy, numbered 5 (of an unspecified number), signed by both authors and presented to "The Wall Paper Manufacturers Ltd". Folio, 33.5 by 26.5 cm, 13 by 10 inches. xiii, 281 pp. Lavish book on subject, with heavy paper, beautiful plates, 70 in color, with an extensive history that makes this work serve well as both a scholarly treatise on the subject and a pleasurable "coffee table" book as well, inviting casual dips into its pages. Minor soiling on the vellum, with also trivial rubbing of the gilt lettering. Slight looseness of the front hinge.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005143
- Title
- A History of English Wallpaper 1509 - 1914
- Author
- Alan Victor Sugden and John Ludlam Edmondson
- Format/Binding
- Full Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Folio
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- Rubbing
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- Hinge
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- Vellum
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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