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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in great condition. Vol 1 and 2 bound together. 1922 copy. No notes or highlighting. Best copy of this book I hve seen. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Modern furniture even when made from that most durable material English oak and when constructed in the logical and stable manner which is so characteristic of the Tudor and Stuart periods is nevertheless perishable even with judicious wear and usage. When neglect and ill-treatment are added it is not remarkable that so little comparatively of the Tudor and Jacobean furniture has survived to our day; the wonder is that any has persisted even in the great treasure houses of England. With fashion always as capricious as it is at the present day out-of-date furniture in any form must have been frequently in jeopardy during the chequered career through which so much of it has passed. (OS)