Book: Antique Woodenware & Treen - Kitchenware Folk Art Smoking Food & More! - $175 - (St. Marys, PA)

Up for bids is a rare book Treen and Other Wooden Bygones. An Encyclopedia and Social History By Edward H. Pinto.  Published in London by Bell & Hyman in 1985. 4th printing. Treen for eating, drinking, measuring, science, lighting, printing, pastimes, reading, sailors, textiles, tobacco, tools, signs, and hundreds more. Some 3,300 objects of English and European origin are illustrated and described and separated into 28 categories in this magnificent book. The author spent his life collecting, researching and writing about treen; his personal collection is now in the Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. This is the ultimate treen book, and a much sought-after volume today.   Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 458 pages, 460 black & white illustrations, bibliography;  with dust jacket and original purchase receipt.       Excellent Condition.  No damage.  Near Mint Condition.  Tight Binding.  You won't find a nicer copy!

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