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4to (370 x 280 mm), 113, [1]p., frontispiece and 26 plates, 36 half-tone illustrations (some full-page), original publishers green buckram, rather soiled and worn, waterstain to lower board, inner hinges shaken. A well illustrated catalogue of the companies designs and products, offering styles like French, Sheraton, Chippendale, Italian Renaissance, Georgian, Elizabethan, and Pompeian, Founded in 1887 by Charles Albert Hindley and Edward H. Hindley, originally part of their fatherís furniture business in Oxford Street. Charles Albert apprenticed at Wallers and studied art and building construction before joining the family firm. In 1891ñ92, the brothers branched out, leasing premises at 68ñ71†Welbeck Street. They merged with Wilkinson & Sonsóa famed Old Bond Street cabinetmaking firmóto form Hindley & Wilkinson Ltd. (The Furniture History SocietyóBIFMO). JISC locates a single copy at the V&A.