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Hardback, 247mm x 176mm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, , xlv prelims, 234 + 130 platespp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Illustrations by W. Galsworthy Davie. Fair/NoWrapper. Book is old and tired, spine and boards bumped, scuffed with some fading/discoloring to spine, small surface nick to rear. Block edges grubby with some foxing, latter also to pages proper, text and plates otherwise clean. Ephemeral 4-page typed Price List of Chimneypieces by Keeble's of Soho Square dated 28/10/1925, also 19 loose photographs of fireplaces stamped by Keeble's on rear. Undated but with a 1912 Preface, this is likely a publication from that year which offers a thorough history of the English fireplace with 130 collotype plates from photographs chiefly by Davie, along with many illustrations to text. Catalogue: Antiques and Collectables. Keywords: Adam, mantel, Roman, Louver This book is unusually heavy or large and may attract a higher postage charge than automatically calculated on the website. If so we will make contact to agree any additional postal charges before completing any transaction. This book may attract a higher postage charge than automatically calculated on the website in order to ensure that it is fully covered for an appropriate amount of compensation in the event of loss in the post. If so we will make contact to agree any additional postal charges before completing any transaction. Seller Inventory # 17612
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