OBJECTS OF DESIRE The Lives of Antiques and Those Who Pursue Them by Thatcher Freund ISBN 13: 9780679421573

Pantheon, 1994-01-18. Hardcover. Good. 6x0x8.

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Pantheon, 1994-01-18. Hardcover. Good.

Pantheon. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Pantheon, 1994-01-18. Hardcover. Very Good. DJ included. DJ has mild wear. Unmarked text. Some page edge wear. Sturdy copy. PA

Jan 1994 hardcover stated 1st edition 1st printing with full number line. Spine a little tilted, price clipped, tanning on flaps and inside of dj, sunning on edge of cover, light foxing on edge, else text clean, binding tight .

Pantheon, 1994. First Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Like New, slight wear to cover.

New York, New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Printing. Hardcover. 0679421572 . Slight fading of the spine edge. .

Pantheon Books, 1994. Hard Cover - VG/VG - Book and dust jacket are clean and tight with light wear - Ex-Library - 291 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.

New York: Pantheon. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679421572 . 8.40 X 5.70 X 1.20 inches; 291 pages .

NY: Pantheon. VG+/VG+. 1993. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 291pp . Signed by the author on the half title. Slight cant to spine, old Strand Books price label. Light wear to DJ. .

Pantheon, 1994. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 6x0x8. Vividly well-written love story about antiques, those who collect them, and those who sell them, as debut author Freund follows the adventures of three major pieces of furniture from their crafting centuries ago to their present-day sale in the Manhattan antiques market. Freund devises an exciting framework for his tale, introducing us to the three objects one piece at a time, then to each antique's present owner, then to the sales people at Sotheby's and elsewhere who are handling each piece, then to the former owners of each piece--all of this building up to the big auction at book's end. Most richly done is the coverage of who made what when, passages that soak us in the handicrafts of the Colonies. There's a pine blanket-chest with false drawers, still coated with its original robin's-egg blue paint, made for a Connecticut farmer in 1750 or so--an object so utterly plain and unadorned in the Queen Anne style that the… Read More