Buy this book on-line Dexter, George Blake : The Lure of Amateur CollectingLittle, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1923
Gilt decoration front and back cover; spine label. Illustrated dust wrapper; chipping to top edges, slight chipping to bottom edges. Illustrations. From the dust wrapper: "Mr. Dexter, through many years of travel through many countries, has obtained a beautiful and unique collection including articles of furniture, porcelains, jewels, plate and souvenirs from celebrities. Each one was acquired as the result of some interesting encounter or experience, and this book tells the stories of these various art objects. There are stories of chests from Syria and chairs from Italy; tapestries from England; Persian enamels from Thibet; of colonial Sheffield plate and Chinese porcelains." Contents include: How the Collection Started; Louis XIV's Cryptogram; The Cross of St. Anne; Outwitting a Dealer; The Result of Mistaken Identity; The Waiter's Snuffbox; A Royal Kleptomanic; Romance of the Silver Clasp; etc.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Cloth Backed Boards Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Dexter, George Blake : The Lure of Amateur Collecting. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, out-of-print books, rare books, livres rares and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |