Illustrated history of furniture from the earliest to the present time containing four hundred representative examples of the different periods
by Litchfield, Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Truslove and Hanson, 7th edition, revised and considerably enlarged, 1922). Quarto, original red cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine and upper board, a few small stains, pp. xix + 459 + (1), numerous text-illustrations. Tape-marks on the endpapers, some foxing on the preliminary pages, brown stain penetrating one-half-inch into the top margin of several leaves towards the end of the book. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2836
- Title
- Illustrated history of furniture from the earliest to the present time containing four hundred representative examples of the different periods
- Author
- Litchfield, Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, Truslove and Hanson, 7th edition, revised and considerably enlarged, 1922)
- Keywords
- Antique Collecting. Antiques. Interior decor. Furniture. Antiques and Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collecting;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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