The Charm of Sovereign Wood. First edition sub-title: Visualizing the Modern Decorative Charm of Oak.

by J. H Townshend

$125 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Memphis, TN: Hardwood Manufacturers Institute, 1936. Third edition first published 1918, second edition 1926 . 4to. 79 pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, plates. The history of oak as used in furniture making through various periods and styles, presented sales-pitch style. Although relatively widely held in research collections 31 locations combined on OCLC for the second and third editions , apparently wanting in a number of major southern

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