Halahan, Frances and Anna Plowden — Looking After Antiques

London, The National Trust, 1987. First Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A splendid, practical compendium to care and collection of amber, antler, basketry, ceramics, coral, enamel, feathers, glass, horn, ivory, bone, lacquer, leather, metals, mother-of-pearl, paper, prints, papier mache, plaster fo Paris, plastics, rubber, quillwork, shell, straw marquetry, stone, textiles, tortoisehell, wax and wood. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,