AMERICAN SPOONS Souvenir and Historical by RAINWATER, DOROTHY T. & DONNA H. FELGER - 1968

West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1990. As New condition in As New dust jacket. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. Profusely illustrated. This is the 1990 First Printing of the revised and enlarged Second Edition. [It is NOT the 1997 reprint]. Marbled endpapers. From the Dust Jacket: "The text is visually enhanced by more than 800 illustrations, eight full-color plates and about sixty pages reproduced from old trade catalogues." From the publisher: "First published in 1968, this classic work remains the basic reference book for collectors and fanciers of American spoons. Now offered in a new edition, it will be a welcome resource in your library. Spoons themselves originated in prehistoric times, when shells performed their function for the inhabitants of southern Europe, but spoons as commemorative… Read More

Camden, New Jersey: Thomas Nelson, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Third printing. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with light edgewear.