CELEBRATING THOMAS CHIPPENDALE: 250 YEARS OF INFLUENCE
Written by Rene Bilodeau; Anselm Fraser.
Stock no. 1830759
Published by The Learning Mill Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book celebrates Thomas Chippendale's, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: A pattern book of household furnishings published in 1754. Chippendale's folio would become the most important and significant publication of its time, influencing furniture design and style up to this day. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0976212404. White mark to lower front board imprinted from the verso of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has been glued to the pastedowns via the flaps (will not be removed). A few minor marks to front endpaper. Some damp crinkling to contents but no staining, clean. A few minor marks to rear panel of dustwrapper and light fading to front edge of spine.

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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HANDRAILING (LOCKWOOD'S TRADE MANUALS)
Written by George Collings.
Stock no. 1829257
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Eighth Impression, Second Edition. Showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch of the plank, drawing the moulds, bevelling, jointing-up, and squaring the wreath. To which is added A Treatise on Stairbuilding. Small format. Title to spine & boards is Handrailing and Stairbuilding. B/w diagrams. x and 119 pages plus publisher's advert for books under the same series to rear. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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THE MAN WHO MADE THINGS OUT OF TREES
Written by Robert Penn.
Stock no. 1327926
Published by Particular Books. Circa 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of how the author cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. Navy boards, white title to spine. ISBN: 9781846148422. 2nd printing. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is edge creased and a little grubby.

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TIMBER DRYING AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF SEASONED TIMBER IN USE
Written by R.G. Bateson.
Stock no. 1327708
Published by Crosby Lockwood And Son Ltd. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The principles of timber drying and methods of seasoning. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 138 pages. B/w plates and line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly faded. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some foxing. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repair to verso of spine and slightly grubby.

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TURNING LATHES: A MANUAL FOR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND APPRENTICES
Written by James Lukin.
Stock no. 1825028
Published by E. & F.N. Spon. 1st 1888. Almost very good condition.

A Guide to Turning, Screw-Cutting, Metal-Spinning, etc. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles andf vignette to front. B/w illustrations. A few minor spots to boards, to rear edge of spine split for 1". Front endpapers grubby. A few minor margin marks else contents generally clean.

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DESIGNING & MAKING ROCKING HORSES
Written by Margaret Spencer.
Stock no. 1824087
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With detailed plans, instructions and explanations of the wood and tools required. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos plus b/w plans. ISBN: 1861263619. Some damp mottling to boards. Spine cocked. Minor foxing to text block. A few light marks to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a minor biro mark to front panel. Musty odour present.

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THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE ITS FORM, COLOUR, & HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edwin Foley. Illustrated by Edwin Foley; et al..
Stock no. 2126391
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spines; blind titles and decorations to front covers. With One Hundred Reproductions in Full-Colour Facsimile of Drawings by the Author, and One Thousand Text Illustrations; Correlated Charts of British Woodwork Styles and Contemporaries; Decorative Furnishing Accessories; Principle Trees; &c. Bumping and wear to spines, corners and cover edges. Tear to top of spine on Volume II. Other smaller nicks and chips, with some fraying to cloth. What looks like damp marks to bottom of front cover of Volume II. Spotting to covers. All plates present. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.

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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Percy Macquoid. Illustrated by S. Slocombe.
Stock no. 1814367
Published by Lawrence And Bullen Ltd.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, and The Age of Satinwood. Very large, heavy volumes. Red cloth boards, gilt titles with publisher vignette to front. Top edges gilt. 15 colour plates, after Shirley Slocombe, per volume with titled tissue-guard. Numerous b/w illustrations by the author. First published 1904; 1905; 1906; and 1908 respectively. Uneven fading to cloth and spines are very faded with a few marks. Slight fraying to board corners. Some scattered foxing present, some foxing to plates - some badly foxed to margins, others just a little, others clean. All plates and tissue-guards present. Some plates detached mostly in The Age of Oak, some of these are worn at edges and creased but not affecting the subject of the plate. All volumes are first editions 1904-1908. A few margin marks. A very nice set for someone with an interest in furniture making.

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WOOD ASSESS PROJECT: RESEARCH REPORT No. 12
Written by Svein Haagenrud; Jurgen Veit; Bengt Eriksson; Jan F. Henriksen; Guri Krigsvoll.
Stock no. 2113523
Published by Office For Official Publications Of The European Communities. 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Systems and methods for assessing conservation state and environmental risks for outer wooden parts of cultural buildings. ISBN: 9289407964. Creasing to corners.

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