Cape Furniture, M.G.Atmore, 1974 2nd Revised Edition

TITLE.................... ....: Cape Furniture

SUBTITLE..................:

AUTHOR................. ..: M. G . Atmore

PUBLISHER...............:Howard Timmins, Cape Town

DATE & EDITION.......:1974, 2nd revised Edition

COVER SIZE (mm)....: 210 x 275

CONDITION...............:

DUST JACKET...........: slight soiling, few chips, wear & creasing to extremities, unclipped

COVERS.....................: brown boards, age soiling with wear to edges, corners bumped

SPINE.........................: with title, slight wear to extremities,

END PAPERS.............: good, bubbling FLY LEAVES..............: good

PAGES.......................: 246pp including index, generally clean, slight browning to edges

BINDING....................: tight

PLATES & MAPS.......:many figures and plates

INSCRIPTIONS..........: no

ISBN...........................: 0 86978 096 4

SYNOPSIS, BLURB...:

Attractive volume.

Revised edition.

Much more rare than the 1st which is scarce.

Covers the history of Cape furniture & associated objects (hinges, escutcheons, handles &c) in detail. Fine b/w plates - photos & drawings, showing examples & individual parts of the furnishings (chair backs, pediments &c).

Contents are excellent; end papers are free of names and inscriptions – couple of spots of surface disturbance consequent upon erasure of pencil marks.

Seldom seen piece of very good Africana offered at a keen price.