Bovingdon John (3 results)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, burgundy title plate with gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp lettering & decoration to front board, viii + 407pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, sl tanning/soiling to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Photos, Plans, Diagrams (illustrator). 4th Reprint. Third in Cassell's Handcraft Library series "Furniture Making" was first published in 1915 with reprints in 1919, '20, '23 and this in 1925. The book presents designs, working drawings and detail instructions for the construction of 170 pieces of furniture, ranging from bookshelves to clockcases, settees, armchairs and tables --- 23 differing catagories, accompanies by almost 1100 illustrations. Designs cover the complex and elegant to the simple and practical and the illustrations reveal how dramatically furnishing fashions have changed over almost a century, while some things stay much the same. 407 pages including index, b/w photos, plans and diagrams throughout. Dark green hard covers with impressed decorations, gilt front and spine titles VG with light fading top front board, slight wear spine extremities, front hinge top and lower (1.5cm top, few cm lower), dealer stamp lower right front pastedown, former owner oval stamp centre FFEP, no inscriptions and text block otherwise VG with dark stain top corner last few pages but no intrusion text/illustrations, oval stamp repeated back pastedown. Weighs 1kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Green decorative blocked boards with gilt titles to spine and red title slip with gilt titles to front. 225 x 150 mm approx. viii + 408 pp. 1082 figs in text being b/w photo reproductions and scale plans. First Published in 1915 under the editorship of Bernard E Jones in Cassell's Handcraft Library series, the copy offered is of the reprint of 1919. Contains designs and plans for many traditional styled items of furniture and a valuable reference of construction for repair work. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair no d/j (Book- 5 cm split to cloth at tail/front board otherwise moderate general shelf wear and soiling, fore edge of one leaf has loss to margin where roughly opened having not been guillotined in course of book production and the corresponding leaf consequently proud and soiled over time. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects. The Book remains a sound working / reference copy).