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Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britian
Laurence Turner; Arthur T. Bolton
1927
Country Life Ltd. : London
15" by 10.5"
xxxviii, 271pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this profusely illustrated study of British decorative plasterwork, written by Laurence Turner.
First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition.
Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and numerous vignette monochrome photographs.
This in depth study of British plasterwork was written by Laurence Turner, with an introduction by Arthur T. Bolton, the curator of Sir John Sloanes museum. The work provides an in depth history of British decorative plasterwork from 1509 to 1760. This work also features prominent examples of decorative plasterwork in Great Britain such as Craigievar Castle, Muchalls Castle, Haddon Hall, Chastleton House, Knole House, and Speke Hall.
Lacking Dust wrapper.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine and extremities of the boards, slight marks to the board an spine and bumping to the extremities. Booksellers label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd minor mark.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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