KEY TO THE FACE MOULD STRIKER, Containing Ground Plans, Sections, Falling Moulds, Face Moulds, Etc., on an Entirely New Principle, With Application on the Plank and the Method of Twisting the Wreath Both From the Book and the Frame. Also a few Diagrams Designed by Mr Robert Wright. Published by the Author ... Sheffield ... N.d. c.[1870].
1st Ed. Thin 4to. [iv] + 26 leaves printed on side only. Sepia port. frontis., 21 plates. Some light marginal browning, upper hinge sprung, early cloth boards, sl. warped, lightly discoloured, spine sl. chipped.
Stair building, hand railing.
The author was designer of ‘The Grand Twin Geometrical Staircase’ designed and shown at the Great Exhibition, for which he received £100, a Medal, a Jurors’ Report and Certificate.
£200.00 [ref: 201468]
THE GENTLE ART OF FAKING FURNITURE. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1969.
2nd Imp. [x] + 168pp. 292 plates. Good in sl. torn and chipped d/w.
Reissue of Cescinsky’s charming and very necessary study, first published in 1931.
£25.00 [ref: 195392]
WOODWORKING A Book of Tools, Materials and Processes for the Handyman. Cassell and Company 1909.
1st Ed. Royal 8vo. viii + 760pp. 2545 figures. F.e.ps. browned with inscription, cloth with gilt title to faded spine.
£18.00 [ref: 167519]
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE. The Age of Oak and The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany and The Age of Satinwood. Antique Collectors’ Club 1987.
Reprint. 4 vols. in 2. 4to. 1000 b/w. ills. and 8 cold. plates. Very good in lightly rubbed d/ws.
£85.00 [ref: 192834]
ANCIENT CHURCH CHESTS AND CHAIRS In the Home Counties round Greater London. Being the Tour of an Antiquary with Pencil and Camera through the Churches of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey. With a foreword by C. Reginald Grundy. Batsford 1929.
1st Ed. 4to. xii + 130pp. + [viii] publishers adverts. Vignette t.p. and 95 figures. E.p. maps, lightly soiled original gilt lettered cloth, head and tail of spine sl. chipped, remains of d/w. loosely inserted.
£30.00 [ref: 193825]