Look After Your Antiques

Look After Your Antiques (1980) – John FitzMaurice Mills
Published by Ebury Press – Offered by Crappy Old Books

If your idea of self-care involves a dab of beeswax and a reverent whisper to a 19th-century sideboard, Look After Your Antiques might just be your new bedtime reading. Originally published in 1980, this gem by John FitzMaurice Mills is a practical, no-nonsense guide to caring for the furniture, glass, porcelain, and general knick-knackery cluttering the homes of anyone who can’t walk past a jumble sale without "just having a quick look."

Packed with straight-talking advice and charmingly vintage illustrations, this is a book for people who believe patina is a virtue and that modern furniture should come with a health warning. Whether you’re polishing up a Georgian tea caddy or wondering if your Victorian whatnot is in danger of collapse, Mills has your back.

This copy has a bit of age to it (as it should), possibly with yellowed pages and the comforting smell of someone else’s attic. From Crappy Old Books – the place where other people’s junk finds new appreciation.

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