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Antiques and Collectables

Buying Antiques
A W Coysh & J King
David & Charles, 1967. HB with DJ. 224pp. B/w illustrations throughout. Some attachments and pencil markings to front endpaper. DJ worn, otherwise a good copy.

UK Post & Packaging £1.80

£2.00

Collectable Things
Jane Douglas
Published by Countrywise Books 1966 Reprint. Paperback. 63pp. B/w illustrations throughout.

For those who would like to start collecting things in a small way. UK Postage & Packaging £1.30

£3.00

Discovering English Furniture
John Bly
Published by Shire Publications 1976. Soft cover. 198pp. Illustrations and b/w photographs throughout. Browning to cover, otherwise a clean copy.

This book is a highly readable and entertaining account of English Furniture up to 1910. UK Postage & Packaging £1.50.

£2.50

Discovering Old Buttons
Primrose Peacock
Published by Shire Publications, 1981. Paperback. 76pp. B/w illustrations. Clean very good copy. UK Postage & Packaging £1.50

£2.50

Doing Up Old Junk; How To Revamp Shabby Furnishings With Style
Joanna Jones
Merehurst Ltd, 1994. HB with unclipped DJ. Colour illustrated throughout. Good condition, clean throughout.

With over 30 projects to try, ranging from accessories like lamps and picture frames to large pieces of furniture like tables and sideboards. UK Post & Packaging £2.80

£2.50

Furniture and Furnishings: A Visual Guide
Antony White & Bruce Robertson
Published by Studio Vista. 1990 first ed. Hard cover109pp, b/w illustrations throughout.

This book provides a guide to most common, and unusual, types of European and American furniture, and its construction and decoration. UK Postage & Packaging £2.80

£7.00

Glass for Collectors
Derek C Davis
Hamlyn All Colour Paperback 1971. 159pp. Colour illustrations throughout. UK Post & Packaging £1.50

£2.00

How to Repair Furniture
Raymond F Yates
Published by Nicholas Kaye, London 1950. 188pp. B/w illustrations. Ink writing to front endpaper. Brown cloth boards. UK Post & Packaging £2.30

£5.00

Introduction to English Furniture
Charles W Buckby
Published by The Pitfield Publishing Co, London. 1948 First Ed, Hardback. 118pp. B/w illustrated plates.

Includes chapters Gothic Oak, Renaissance Oak, The Restoration and Walnut Period, The Coming of Mahogany, The Empire Style, The Victorian Age and The Twentieth Century. UK Postage & Packaging £1.80

£4.00

Millers Antiques & Collectables: The Facts At Your Fingertips
Judith Miller
Octopus, 2000. Paperback. 176pp. Colour illustrated. Excellent condition.

Chapters on all major collecting areas including: furniture, pottery, porcelain, silver, metalware, glass, carpets, textiles, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, dolls, bears, toys, rock and pop memorabilia - and many more. UK Post & Packaging £1.50

£3.00

Old English Furniture; a Simple Guide
Hampden Gordon
Publisher John Murray, London 1948 reprint. 158pp. 33 b/w illustrations. Hard cover with clipped DJ. Clean book in torn DJ. UK Post & Packaging £ 2.50

£2.70

Old Furniture for Modern Rooms
Edward Wenham
Published by G Bell & Sons Ltd, London 1948 reprint. Illustrated by Edgar Holloway. 202pp. Hard cover with DJ. Some wear and tear to DJ edges, text clean. A good copy. UK Post & Packaging £2.50

£3.50

Old Table Silver
Herbert Brunner
Faber and Faber, 1967. Translated by Janet Seligman. HB with clipped DJ. 223pp. B/w photographs throughout. Clean copy with tanned DJ.

A Handbook for collectors and amateurs. UK Post & Packaging £2.50.

£6.00

The Antique Dealers Pocketbook
Published by Lyle Publications, 1977. 158pp. B/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial hard cover, minor rubbing to spine ends. Very good clean copy. UK Post & Packaging £1.50

£2.50

The Care and Repair of Antiques
Jacqueline Ridley
Blandford Press, 1978. HB with clipped DJ. 192pp. Colour illustrated. Clean bright copy. This book deals with antiques and works of art of all descriptions, including pottery and porcelain, metalwork, furniture, glass, textiles, paintings and prints.

UK Post & Packaging £1.80

£2.50

The Care of Antiques
John Fitzmaurice Mills
Arlington Books, London 1964. HB with DJ. Some minor ink markings to text. DJ torn at edge. A good copy.

This concise and authoritative handbook, the only one of its kind, covers the care and restoration of Furniture, China, Pottery, Porcelain, Glass Metals, Paintings, Prints and Scuptures. UK Post & Packaging £1.80

£2.00

The Country Life Pocket Dictionary of Collector's Terms
Michael Goodwin
Illustrated by C Dampier Freeman. Published by Country Life Ltd, 1967.317pp. Illustrations throughout. Hard cover, in clipped and rubbed DJ. UK Post & Packaging £1.50

£2.50

The Observer's Book of Furniture
John Woodforde
Frederick Warne & Co, 1970. Illustrated by Roy Spencer. HB with clipped DJ. 224pp. Blk/wht illustrations throughout. Clean and bright very nice copy.

UK Post & Packaging £1.00

£2.50

The Observer's Book of Kitchen Antiques
John Woodforde
Frederick Warne 1982. Illustrated by Trevor Aldous. Hard cover. 182pp. Blk/wht illustrations throughout. Clean and bright copy.

Illustrating and describing over 230 house hold objects from the 17th century to the 20th century. UK Post & Packaging £1.00.

£65.00

The Observer's Book of Victoriana
Geoffrey Palmer and Noel Lloyd
Published by Frederick Warne, 1981. Number 90 in the observers series of books. 192pp. With 13 colour and 87 b/w photographs. Hard cover, original price sticker to back cover. Excellent condition. UK Post & Packaging £1.30

£10.00

The Plain Man's Guide to Second Hand Furniture
Frank Davis
Published by Michael Joseph, London 1961. 95pp. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout text. Hard cover. Clipped DJ. Ink inscription to endpaper, otherwise a good clean copy. UK Postage & Packaging £2.50.

£4.00

 

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