ENGLISH BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. An Illustrated Descriptive Account of the Early Soft Paste Productions of Bow, Chelsea, Lowestoft, Derby, Longton Hall, Bristol, Worcester, Caughley and Liverpool Potters, circa 1740 - 1800
by Fisher, Stanley W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ)
- ISBN 10
- 0713461438
- ISBN 13
- 9780713461435
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Fitzhouse Books, 1989. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Small quarto (4to). xvi, 190 pages including a bbliography and an index. Publisher's blue hardcover cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Price-clipped dustjacket with the slightest of rubbing to the extremities. Fully annotated illustrations include forty-five color and black & white plates, representing over one-hundred sixty marks, and forty-one representative border decoration patterns. There is also a two page chronological chart of respective potteries provided for quick reference. With a foreword by Bernard Rackham. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly to front endpaper..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003414
- Title
- ENGLISH BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. An Illustrated Descriptive Account of the Early Soft Paste Productions of Bow, Chelsea, Lowestoft, Derby, Longton Hall, Bristol, Worcester, Caughley and Liverpool Potters, circa 1740 - 1800
- Author
- Fisher, Stanley W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good+ condition (DJ)
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713461438
- ISBN 13
- 9780713461435
- Publisher
- Fitzhouse Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- Small quarto (4to)
- Keywords
- Pottery, Antiques, Collectibles, China
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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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