English and Scottish Earthenware 1660-1860 (Copy 2).
by B, HUGHES G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG++/VG+
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Early.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated* Publisher: Abbey Fine Arts * Binding and cover condition: Glossy chestnut brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps. Minimal rubs to corners and head & tail of spine, VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust jacket with white title on dark brown background. Considerable shelf wear to top and bottom edges & to head and tail of spine with minor chips. Spine somewhat faded. Now in clear unattached protective jacket. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. Very light paper colouration to page edges. No inscriptions or annotations, two slight marks to fep. Rear hinge slightly shaken. VG * Illustrations: 47 pp. B/w photos & 7 pp Colour Plates.* Pages: 220 pp. text. xxii pp. index at rear.* Description: A scholarly discussion of the advance of early earthenware techniques from 1660 to 1860 as the early private and local pottery gave way to a much more sophisticated and respected product. It was one of the leading crafts of the age and is so collected that fakes and forgeries have abounded since the middle 1800?s. Discussion is here made that will be invaluable to the modern collector and dealer.* A VG text copy with only very minor wear and a worn but protected jacket.*
Synopsis
Alain de Botton is the author of three works of fiction and eight works of nonfiction, including How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, and The Art of Travel. He lives in London, where he founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com).
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1073
- Title
- English and Scottish Earthenware 1660-1860 (Copy 2).
- Author
- B, HUGHES G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG++/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Undated
- Publisher
- Abbey Fine Arts
- Place of Publication
- London UK 0
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- Bumps
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Shaken
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- Hinge
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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- VG
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- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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