English Country Furniture Tapa dura - 1992

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

LONDON: BARRIE & JENKINS, 1992 Green Boards with gilt titles to spine, 285 x215 mm approx 240 pp. 12 pp of colour plates and many other b/w photos. First Edition 1992. A book of interest to historians, furniture makers and collectors as well as the lay person. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Fine (Book - a little dust spotting to top edge of book block, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- non price clipped - cover £35. No other defects to book or jacket the latter supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1992. First edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth),. Good Condition/Good condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy, some very faint browning on both back and front free endpapers All edges neat and clean A preoccupation with the finest period furnishings of the upper classes of English society has, until very recently, dominated the literature on antique furniture, resulting in a neglect of the humbler, but equally important furniture used in ordinary homes over the centuries.While furniture historians in North America and in many European countries have long accepted the vital importance of their own vernacular - or "country" - furniture, recognising it as an essential element of social history, the English equivalent has often been treated almost with contempt by British writers and relegated to the back pages of… Leer más

London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index. Subjects; Country furniture Great Britain History. Furniture, English -- History. Furniture History. England. Construction history. Furniture British Isles.

BARRIE JENKINS, 1992. Hardcover. Good.

Random House UK, October 1992. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.