CHINESE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- VG+/VG/ND
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
SOFTBACK ?HARD TO FIND OUTSIDE THE U.S.? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1962* Publisher: Dover Pubs.* Binding and cover condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Spine slightly dished. Seems lightly used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. Very slight colouration to page edges & inside of covers. VG+* Illustrations: One large block of b/w photo-illustrations.* Pages: 124 pp. text. vii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- This book summarises practically everything that is known about authentic Chinese furniture before it became vitiated by Western influences and almost driven out of existence by debased imitations of Western items. Drawing on scanty Chinese historical sources and surviving pieces of furniture in private collections and museums Mr Kates covers the history of styles, the various unusual woods that were used, craftsmanship, principles of design, furniture arrangement, and specific forms like cupboards, wardrobes, dressers, tables, desks, small tables beds, stools, chairs, chests and boxes. 112 illustrations showing typical pieces.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with minimal shelf wear & slight ageing reducing it to VG+*
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Detalles
- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4255
- Título
- CHINESE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG+/VG/ND
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus
- Editorial
- Dover Publications
- Lugar de publicación
- New York USA 129
- Fecha de publicación
- 1962-01-01
- Size
- 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm
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Sobre el vendedor
Cocksparrow Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Sobre Cocksparrow Books
Cocksparrow Books have been selling high quality books for over thirty years, now solely on-line. We concentrate on non-fiction items and early edition fiction (including some soft-backs). Our book condition descriptions are fully detailed to give our customers the best information possible and we are always pleased to provide further information upon request.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...