A History of English Furniture, 4 Volumes, The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany and The Age of Satinwood

London; New York: Lawrence & Bullen, Limited; Putnam, 1904. First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. Plates in Colour After Shirley Slocombe. Folio. 1904 to 1908, important study of English furniture, reprinted several times, but none of the reissues capture the elegant production of the first edition, which is commensurate, in book-form, with the antique pieces it focuses upon. The volumes are internally very clean, bindings tight. Foreedges have some soilage, not affecting pages themselves. Rubbing to spine along gutters, and morocco corners. Leather is contemporary -- of date of publication. Wear to spine tips, and some grubbiness in general to (truncated) spine, but not disconcerting. Preliminaries in Vol One loose but still attached, but not affecting frontis ill page, nor title page and beyond. Otherwise, this and other volumes tight. Interiors fine, and thus overall the set is very good. 60 colour plates, and many other photographic illustrations -- over 900 black and white illustratiions. (Inventory #: 000158)