Heritage of Country Furniture Tapa dura - 1978

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979-02-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.8173 in x 23.1726 in x 16.6751 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean text, sound binding.

1450 illustrations (249 in colour) and 1 folding colour map

Toronto/ New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd, 1978. Hardcover. VG/VG (light wear to boards, block and dust jacket. Pages are clean and clear.). Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering, brown dust jacket with color illustration, gold and white lettering, color illustrated frontispiece, 548 pp, profusely illustrated throughout in bw and color. Book jacket: "This book is meant for both the serious collector and those who are only beginning to become interested. Never before has Canadian furniture been illustrated so lavishly or completely; the 1450 plates (249 in colour) portray the best examples of Upper Canadian furniture so that they can be identified and evaluated. And never before has the furniture been written about with such clarity and authority. The author, Howard Pain, has given us the only complete reference work on this fascinating and unique body of furniture.

Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, heavy folio, page edges a little discoloured but o/w a very good tightly bound copy in a creased and lightly chipped pictorial dust wrapper, coloured plates, b&w illustrations, 548pp.

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979-02. Hardcover. Good.

Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated. Burgundy cloth with gold lettering. Profusely illustrated. Color frontispiece. Illustrated. Folding color maps. 548pp., index. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.

Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., 1978 Full burgundy cloth, gilt titling. Light general wear, jacket shows a little edgewear & scuffing, some discoloration on the flaps; still quite nice. Text clean; 548 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, 1347 color and b/w plates. History of furniture in general, and how it evolved in upper Canada from American, British, and continental European sources. Really, really, nice.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9½" by 12¼".

Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., 1978. Deluxe edition with 400 copies signed by the author of which this is 183. Hardcover. Fine. 548 p. 33 cm. 1347 illustrations, of which over 240 are in colour. Also colour frontispiece, 67 small margin illustrations and a fold-out page of maps. Padded burgundy leatherette with gold impressing. In matching burgundy slipcase with pressed-on illustration. A detailed account of the many styles influencing the furniture of old Ontario, including Anglo-American, Germanic, Polish and French Canadian traditions. Bibliography and index.

Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Limited and Signed. Two or three tiny nicks to spine, else essentially fine as new in like slipcase. Signed, numbered, dated by Pain. Oversize and overweight, will require extra postage - please enquire..