English Canadian Furniture Georgian Period by Webster Donald, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG++/VG/ND. y 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL. HARDBACK, "AUTHOR SIGNED AND DEDICATED," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Chestnut brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs, light shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No Dust Wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only light reading wear. Considerable annotations to front paste down and ffep. Includes AUTHOR?S SIGNATURE AND DEDICATION & further signature & dedication from the dedicatee of the book "John Laurel Russell" No marks to text, slight age to top & fore-edge, otherwise no tanning. VG++.* Illustrations: A number of colour & b/w photos, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 225 pp. text. vii pp., bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Chapters: Acknowledgements, Foreword by Charles F. Hummel, Introduction, Some General Considerations, Styles, Forms and Fashions, The Question of Identification, Attributions and Makers, The Furniture, Bibliography and Index. This volume discusses the Identification and Form of furniture built in the Georgian Era and attributable to Canadian furniture makers. Much is of British design but the requirements and availability of materials as well as the skills of the makers, caused diversions from the furniture of the home country. The collector and restorer will find invaluable information here to help with the identification of this collectible field of antiques.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some minor faults in VG boards but no dust jacket.* 1979-01-01. y.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good but Torn. Brown boards with gilt lettering along the spine. FIRST EDITION. Signed, gifted and dated by the author to "Jim Cruise with all my best Don Webster 12-11-79." Dr. Cruise is the past Director of the Royal Ontario Museum. Numerous illustrations. The DJ has three tears to one-half inch and is not price-clipped. 232 pages. 1st Edition, signed and gifted by author.