Art, Feat and Mystery: Story of Thomas Webb & Sons, Glassmakers by Woodward, H. W - 1978-03-01

HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1978* Publisher: Mark & Moody.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt decoration & title to face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper, black and white titles to face and black titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £4.75. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. Some age darkening to top and bottom edges, now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top-edge, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of colour & b/w photos, within text throughout.* Pages: 59 pp. text. v pp., list of shops, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The story of Thomas Webb & Sons, Glassmakers, produced by H.W.Woodward who is an internationally known authority on English Glass. He was Librarian and Curator at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire from 1938 to 1966, in charge of the public libraries and glass museum. The collection increased from 200 to 800 pieces during those years, forming a fine assembly of English and foreign 19th. century glass. During that period Mr Woodward built an unique reference library.* A FINE copy of the 1st/1st with some minimal faults in a VG++ protected dust jacket.*