A History of English Furniture
by Percy MacQuoid
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bracken Books, 1988. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 14" by 10". None. A beautifully illustrated edition of this work on English furniture. The second edition, which combines the original four volumes The Age of Oak, The Age of Satinwood,The Age of Mahogany and The Age of Walnut. Percy MacQuoid was a theatrical designer and collector and connoisseur of English furniture who wrote many articles largely for Country Life magazine. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, in excellent condition with some light shelfwear. Dustwrapper in excellent condition with some light shelfwear. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN21-A-3
- Title
- A History of English Furniture
- Author
- Percy MacQuoid
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bracken Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 14" by 10"
- Keywords
- Furniture Oak Satinwood Mahogany Oak
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...