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196912348Country Life 1969. Sm. folio Third Impression with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs throughout; cloth gilt gilt back gilt top a good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Good sound copy of the third impression of this standard reference first issued in 1964. Country Life, hardcover
197925597New York: Kodansha International 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 11.3x10.0x1.1in. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Previous works have dealt only with hardwood furniture. This book is unique for the breadth of its coverage including besides rosewood the many types of lacquered and enameled furniture and porcelain furnishings. One especially useful feature is the drawings many of which were redrawn from the paintings in which they originally appeared so that detail on the pieces in question can be more clearly distinguished. With 237 illustrations. <br>199pp 3.62lb 11.3x10.0x1.1in Kodansha International hardcover
1923183051St. Louis Mo: Lammert Furniture Company 1923. Hardcover. VG General age wear to cover. Spine shows creasing and some damage on top and bottom. Previous owners name written on ffep. Feux bown leather decorative cover. unnumbered pages. Illustrations. Lammert Furniture Company hardcover
200722616New York: Pointed Leaf Press 2007. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 12.1x11.4x1.2in. Samuel Marx 1885-1964 was an American architect designer and art collector. This is the first monograph on this lesser-known designer. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs. <br>216pp 4.41lb 12.1x11.4x1.2in Pointed Leaf Press hardcover
05-1207Sheboygan Wis.: Phoenix Furniture Corp. ca. 1952. Tall 4to. 50 illustrated leaves in a three-hole paper folder. Stamped on front: "Our new name is Phoenix Furniture Corp." and "Milwaukee Office." Very good. Sheboygan, Wis.: Phoenix Furniture Corp., ca. 1952. unknown
2014BOOKS072662IDijon France: editions Faton 2014. HC. fine pictorial boards hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 9782878441949 Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name held at the Chateaux de Versailles 26 October 2014 to 22 February 2015. 280pp. editions Faton unknown
192034428Cjhicago: Marshall Field & Co. . Good with no dust jacket. c1920. Paperback. B; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Oblong 12mo orig. Wrappers; some chipping and open tears to edges surface stained. With 72 pages of illustrations; some creasing to interior. . Marshall Field & Co. , paperback
0266839681.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
026016920X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
26364‘13 Westbourne Park West / Saturday’. no date. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. LETTER: 3pp 12mo. Thirty-one lines. Bifolium. In fair condition with slight staining at foot of first leaf and traces of glue from mount on blank reverse of second leaf. In an elongated and somewhat opaque hand. Begins: ‘My dear Mrs. Hicks / I was exceedingly sorry to hear that Mr. Hicks had met with an accident on the day you left.’ What follows is hard to decipher until she writes ‘I have much pleasure in forwarding to you the address of Jackson & Graham. It is No. 35-36 Oxford St.’ She praises ‘the selection he has of patterns’. The conclusion is similarly indecipherable. CALLING CARD: Conventional copperplate calling card with mourning border. Edges and reverse carrying traces of glue from mount. Centred: ‘Mrs. W. Avery Bushnell / née / Catherine Hayes.’ In bottom left-hand corner: 13 Westbourne Park West.’ ‘13 Westbourne Park West / Saturday’. [no date] unknown
33991899-1907. The firm apparently antique dealers although it also bought and sold false teeth was established in 1833. All items are addressed to Slocombe with whom the family to whom he was perhaps related by marriage were clearly on intimate terms. Grubby dusty creased dogeared and with several closed tears. The first six letters are from J. B. Fraser the first four being on the letterhead of 'R. D. & J. B. FRASER LIMITED.' 'ESTABLISHED IN THE REIGN OF WILLIAM IV.' Letter 1 Ipswich 4 Jan 1899 4 pages 8vo from J. B. Fraser concerns 'Edith' who is recovering from illness. Letter 2 Ipswich 9 Aug 1900 4 pages 8vo. He sends him a birthday present of 'the enclosed curious antique Ring': 'At first I saw in it only the head of a Girl but on looking closely I found it four-headed bearing the head of a Girl old man - warrior & Ram. It is very old being polished surfaco.' Letter 3 Ipswich 18 Sept 1900 4 pages 8vo. The photo has been sent away but the table is coming from Brighton. He can understand 'the rapture you feel in all your surroundings - Mrs. Fraser & I were there in 1879 & stayed at the Ilfracombe Hotel'. Letter 4 Ipswich 2 Nov 1900 2 pages 8vo. The pictures have been delivered safely 'to the Art Gallery' and Fraser's brother thinks 'my portrait very life-like'. Letter 5 1 May 1901 on letterhead 'CRANE HILL LODGE IPSWICH' 4 pages 8vo. Intimate letter congratulating Slocombe on 'what I regard as a great reward for long & anxious waiting'. Discusses Slocombe's 'regret that your Father's great desire being realized he is not alive to see it'. Letter 6 undated on letterhead 'GWYDYR CASTLE LLANRWST. N. WALES.' 4 pages 8vo in particularly poor condition with untidy closed tear at head of first leaf. Possibly an early letter in which he apologises for having 'Promised more than I can perform' regarding 'the Coats of arms on that Cubbord sic alone'. Describes the coats in some detail. Letters 7 and 8 apparently in a different hand but also signed 'J. B. Fraser'. Both on letterhead 'CRANE HILL LODGE IPSWICH.' Letter 7 17 Oct 1907 4 pages 16mo in extremely grubby stamped addressed envelope with postmarks. Edith has died: 'Daily & indeed hourly I miss poor Edith as seeing she was my first care every morning before leaving home and on my return at night and even now I turn unconsciously to her old room.' Letter 8 2 December 1907 4 pages 16mo. Is disappointed that Slocombe will not be joining them for Christmas 'as you have been for so many years'. Has heard that he 'might send Xmas in America'. 'I miss poor dear Edith every day more and more - It was only this morning I said to her mother as we were dining that we had never heard her murmur or complain of anything but she was always willing to sacrifice herself to the comfort of others.' 1899-1907. unknown
19887444Blairmans / John Murray 1988. 1st edition. As new/As new. Hard covers dust jacket The scarce hardback edition. 160 pp. With an introduction by the late Clive Wainwright of the Victoria and Albert Museum and a typically scholarly chapter by Lucy Wood this exhibition catalogue is as the blurb states "essential reading for anyone interested in this 'eminent artist' of 'peculiar genius' who transformed the character of early 19th-century British furniture design." Martin Levy of Blairman's the exhibition sponsor supplies an account of the sale of George Bullock's stock following his untimely death and Timothy Stevens presents a brief account of his sculptures some of which can still be seen at Sudley House. Blairmans / John Murray hardcover
1330132300.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1397343516.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
606052726Robert A. Mitchell Furniture Co. Soft cover. Very Good. Paper. Used very good condition former owner's signature on front end paper light foxing on endpapers covers clean text block crisp so it looks like the former owner did not feel the need to explore the interesting notes about Oriental rugs. Mitchell Robert A. Furniture Co. SOME INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT ORIENTAL RUGS. N. d. 76 p. 23 black and white illlustrations fig. 19 x 13 cm. Most of the text is identify to a 1903 book with the same title published by the Karagheusian importing firm who allowed its retail rug dealers to use it with suitable revisions to give to their customers. The revision consists of a two page introduction describing the Mitchell Furniture company. Most of the text describes town and areas in Persia and Turkey and what is being currently made in 1903 in them. There are much smaller section on Turkmen "Bokhara" Afghan- Kiva Yamoud and Belouchistan and the Caucasus. About half of the illustrations are of people and scenery. Useful for seeing what importers were saying about the rug trade at the turn of the last century. <br/> <br/> Robert A. Mitchell Furniture Co. paperback
0332423123.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1391821696.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
139675055X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0267885253.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1396454462.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
035579Holland MI: Baker Furniture 9090-01-01. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase - Very good. 4to. Three volume set in very good condition. Two volumes are hardcover. Third volume is paperback. Slipcase has minor shelfwear. Baker Furniture hardcover
199625128Milwaukee WI: Chipstone Foundation 1996. 1st. Soft cover. New. 11.0x8.5x0.9in. in shrinkwrap. <br>344pp 3.01lb 11.0x8.5x0.9in Chipstone Foundation paperback
199418601Milwaukee WI: Chipstone Foundation 1994. 1st. Soft cover. New. 11.0x8.5x0.7in. in shrinkwrap. <br>276pp 2.42lb 11.0x8.5x0.7in Chipstone Foundation paperback
199926096Milwaukee WI: Chipstone Foundation 1999. 1st. Soft cover. New. 11.0x8.5x0.9in. in shrinkwrap. <br>340pp 2.89lb 11.0x8.5x0.9in Chipstone Foundation paperback
199714407Grenoble: Editions Glenat 1997. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 12.6x9.6x0.8in. From the middle of the seventeenth century to the late eighteenth while the Parisian ebenistes were the most prestigious masters Noel Hache from Calais and his descendants Thomas Pierre Jean-Francois and Christophe- Andre based in Grenoble comprised a dynasty of cabinetmakers whose talent and invention competed with the masters of the Saint-Antoine suburb. Presenting and analyzing more than a hundred pieces of furniture this book places the Hache's work in the aesthetic context of the eighteenth century focuses on establishing a new chronology of furniture and clarifies attributions. This is the catalogue of an inaugural exhibition in October 1997 at the Musée Dauphinois in Grenoble. Profusely illustrated almost entirely in color. Text in French. <br>83pp 3.03lb 12.6x9.6x0.8in Editions Glenat hardcover
