Search Results: A History Of English Furniture by Percy MacQuoid

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Dover Publications Inc., 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Connoisseur, London, 1906. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 4 pages, illustrated. Size: Quarto. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: The Connoisseur; Inventory No: 502223..

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1991 (1988)* Publisher: A.F.Houghton.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated mono-illustrated soft card covers. Minor bumps & rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but some creases & impression marks to covers. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. Booksellers label to front title. No inscriptions or annotations, one page near end marked with orange. No tanning. VG++* Illustrations: numerous b/w photos & line drawn illustrations within text. throughout.* Pages: 186 pp. text.* Product Description:- Spanning a lifetime of farming, dealing and family this story overflows with a rich earthy vitality. Whether you chuckle at the schoolboy pranks, laugh at the experiences of The Home Guard or smile at the dry remarks of the colourful market characters, you will turn each page in eager anticipation of the next story.* This is a NEAR VG copy with some shelf wear… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Doubleday.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £16.99. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Lightly aged. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Bright red end papers. Clean, crisp and tight with only minor reading wear, no marks to text, some paper colouration to margins and page edges throughout, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Small b/w line drawn vignettes to chapter heads throughout.* Pages: 318 pp. text.* Description: Notes from a Big Country collects together more than 18 months worth of Mail on Sunday columns which Bryson wrote between October 1996 and May 1998 after he and his English wife and children returned to the US and settled in New England. The only thing… Read More

London: Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, 1905. Hardbound. Good (Ex-lib., heavy markings, inc. perforated stamping at some of the plates). Red cloth library binding; 247 pp.; 15 color plates with tissue overlay; 223 bw figures. Oversized, approx. 11"x15" One volume of a four-volume set. Very well illustrated with extensive descriptive material and introductory information setting the furniture style within its cultural and historic setting.

Dover Publications. As New in As New dust jacket. 1972. Softcover. 0486222063 . This specific softcover book is in like new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This book covers the period from 1770-1820. Satinwood, which made its appearance around the turn of the century, did not altogether come to replace mahogany, but was often used in conjunction with it, as were other woods made available by increased trade with all parts of the world. After 1770 the chair rapidly approached its final development and present design, characterized by lightness, simplicity of line and a comparative absence of carving. Needlework in upholstery was abandoned in favor of tapestry or parfilage. There was a proliferation of lacquered and japanned furniture, and whole bedrooms were often furnished with… Read More

Dover Publications, Inc.. As New. 1972. Softcover. 0486222055 . This specific softcover book is in like new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This is the original book published in 1972. The book covers the years from 1720 to 1770, when, after an almost stationary period in which originality of design was practically quiescent, a strong new influx of French ideas acted as a spur to invention in English furniture making. The hardness of mahogacy made it especially desireable as a replacement for walnut, and increased trade with the West Indies made it morereadily available. Dining and writing tables, sofas, commodes, bookcases, bureaus, gueridons and candlesticks, sideboards, beds, settees, chairs, clothes presses, washtands andd pole screens were all made from the new material. In… Read More

Great Britain: London: Bracken Bks., 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. This book is all four volumes in one very heavy book to ship. Faint finger smudge to lower page corners, otherwise book is in clean tight condition. Dust jacket has light wear..

Paperback / softback. New.

Bracken Books, London, 1988. vg++ / vg++. vg++ to fine book in vg++ dw UK Sale only 1st Bracken Books, London 1988 edition huge hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Paperback / softback. New.

Bracken Bks, 1988. in4. 1988. Relié jaquette. 416 pages. nombreuses photographies n/b et qq photographies couleurs

London: Bracken Books, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Sunning to DJ spine, else VG indeed. Book clean and solid..

London: Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, 1904. Leather bound. Good+ (light scuffing and wear to leather boards, label on bottom of spine, bookplate inside front cover, light age toning, pages are otherwise clean and clear). Green leather boards with gilt lettering and bordering, 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering, top edge gilt; color illustrated frontispiece with descriptive tissue guardsheet, bw illustrated title page, VII, 241 pp with bw illustrations, 15 plates with descriptive guard sheets. Volume 1: The Age of Oak. Dating from 1500 to 1660, comprising furniture that can be attributed to the Renaissance and its evolution from the Gothic,

London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1908. Hardcover. G Ex-lib copy. Cover has peeling of leather and some fading. Corner/edge damage. Bookblock has some age toning.. Blue leather boards with gilt lettering and design elements. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spine. Top edge gilt. 260 pgs. Illustrations. With plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the author. From the livrary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

London: Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, 1905. Hardbound. Good. Ex-lib copy. Associated library stickers and markings, Cover has general wear with some leather peeling around spine. Corner/edge damage. Blue leather boards with gilt lettering and design elements. Gilt elttering on 5 raised band spine. Top edge gilt 247 pp.; 15 color plates with tissue overlay; 223 bw figures. Oversized, approx. 11"x15" One volume of a four-volume set. Very well illustrated with extensive descriptive material and introductory information setting the furniture style within its cultural and historic setting.

London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1938. Reprint (hardback). Folio (37cm by 28cm), [iii], 247pp. 15 magnificent colour plates by Shirley Slocombe, 223 text illustrations. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt titling to the front board, top edge gilt. This book was formerly in a reference library, with occasional stamps and labels, the binding is a little rubbed, the endpapers are browned and the contents are a little thumbed. Overall, this book is in good condition.

London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1938. Reeprint (hardback). Folio (37cm by 28cm), [iii], 271pp. 15 magnificent colour plates by Shirley Slocombe, 254 text illustrations. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt titling to the front board, top edge gilt. This book was formerly in a reference library, with occasional stamps and labels, the binding is a little rubbed, the endpapers are browned and the contents are a little thumbed. Overall, this book is in good condition.