Hollis s baker (6 Ergebnisse)

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HARD BACK. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Shelfworn. 351pp. 15 colour plates 463 b&w illus. Furniture from Egypt, the Middle East andthe Aegean.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 351 pages color front, illustrations, 16 color plates, tables, diagrams 29 cm. Notes; Includes Greek furniture to B.C. 475. Illus. on end papers. "Notes": pages 322-333. Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-333). Subjects; Furniture, Ancient. Meubles anciens. Carpentry. Wood work. 1 Kg. …

hardcover. Zustand: fine. very good(+). Profusely illustrated throughout, with just a handful of plates in color. 351pp. Thick 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: A Giniger Book in association with & Macmillan, (1966). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

Hardcover. 351 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and wear. Without dust jacket. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Otherwise a good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2200.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A wonderfully illustrated work on the furniture of the ancient world, written by Hollis S. Baker with an introduction by designer Gordon Russell, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece as well as fifteen colour plates, and over four-hundred full page and in-text black-and-white illustrations.This is an informative work on furniture, particularly focusing upon its origins and evolution from 3100 to 475 BCE. The author, Hollis S. Baker, believed that proper attention had not been paid to ancient furniture and that 'a knowledge of the art forms and techniques of the past is essential to an understanding of the present'.Contents focus upon Egypt, The Near East, and the Aegean, with chapters such as 'The Early Beginnings', 'The Furniture of Hetepheres', 'Household furniture types', and 'The Minoan ascendancy'.Written by Hollis S. Baker, the founder of Baker Furniture who achieved overnight popularity following the 1925 Paris Exposition.With an introduction by Sir Gordon Russell (1892-1980), an English designer, craftsman and educationist who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and eventually became the director of the Council of Industrial Design.Dated ink inscription to front paste down, belonging to 'B. M. Andson 1969 Archaeology'.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light fading to the extremities and the head and tail of spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to verso of front endpaper.Dust wrapper is very smart, with light chipping and edge wear to the extremities and the spine region of wraps, and a few marks to the front wraps. Closed tear to the bottom of the front wrap and light age-toning to the top edge of the reverse of wraps and the fly leaves. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…