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How-To-Do-It Upholstering and Re-Upholstering
by Robert Oakes Jordan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Wilmette, IL: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1955 Frederick J. Drake & Company, Wilmette, IL. 1955. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Good; missing small pieces at head and tail; bumping and small closed tears on top edge. Red grained boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 110 pp 8vo. Incorporation the newest materials with the latest methods of procedure, this book simplifies the art, making it understandable and approachable for the amateur as well as keeping the professional up-to-date. All types of furniture and all types of problems are clearly illustrated and explained. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008167
- Title
- How-To-Do-It Upholstering and Re-Upholstering
- Author
- Robert Oakes Jordan
- Illustrator
- Wally Bierger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Company
- Place of Publication
- Wilmette, IL
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- furniture, upholstery, re-upholstery, furniture repair, furniture fabrics, furniture manufacture, re-covering furniture, fabric, material,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture/Design;
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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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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