[Rarebooks] RANDOM HOUSE ENCYC. ANTIQUES

[Gerard Gormley]

For your kind consideration ---





Pope-Hennessy, John (introduction)~.  THE RANDOM HOUSE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANTIQUES~.  NY NY, USA: Random House, 1973.
Keywords: By no means numerous, & VG/VG at best -- Out of Print -
- Antiques -- Art -- Arts & Crafts -- Illustrated -- Illustrated
(photos) -- unpaginated encyclopedia of some 400 pages, 1000
illustrations (500 in color) -- over 5000 entries covering
everything that might turn up in an antique shop, from start of
Renaissance to 1875 -- English language.  First American Edition,
First Printing (so stated on copyright-page).  Hardcover.  Dust
jacket present, price clipped (original trade edition, though).
About 400 pages: Ceramic Marks, Silver Date Letters,
Bibliography, color & black/white photographs, maps, art
reproductions & illustrations throughout.  Binding size: 10-3/4"H
x 9-1/4"W.  Full cloth, spine gilt.  Book Fine: light rubbing to
bottom front edge.  Binding strong & tight, insides Fine.  Dust
jacket Very Good: price-clip, light rubbing to fore-corners &
spine-bottom (heavy to spine-top, with tears), spine slightly
sun-darkened, 1/2" closed tear to top back edge, light
rubbing/soiling to top/bottom edges.  Dust jacket pluses:
absolutely no rubbing, scratching or scoring to front, spine or
back -- front & back color reproductions bright & beautiful.
ISBN:0394488113.  [Digital JPEG image (5.75) available on
request].  2189~.  US$50.-

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