A good clean First Edition copy, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode of London in 1971, of this ground-breaking work, which lifts the lid on a veritable Pandora's Box of carefully hidden truths and half truths, and which caused a storm of outraged protest within the Antiques Trade when it was first published. Written by a Master Cabinet Maker, "Is It Genuine? A Guide to the Identification of English Furniture", by W. Crawley, demolishes many of the comfortably held assertions and opinions still prevailing amongst the"wishful thinking" to this day. A "must have" work of reference for the aspiring collector of or dealer in Georgian furniture. Hard covers, large format, 156 pages, invaluable glossary of timbers, black and white illustrations throughout, original dust jacket.
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