The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware
by A. Ball
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Antique Collectors' Club , 1980. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11" by 8.5" . Not Stated . A charming work for collectors on pricing pot-lids and prints on ware, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition of this work, following the successful first edition of 1970, re-written and greatly enlarged by the author A. Ball, authority on the subject. A valuable work of reference for collectors investigating every aspect of the production of underglaze, multicolour printing from its inception to the late twentieth century. Featuring an assembly of illustrations in text, some in colour, showing the various patterns on a wide variety of wares. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper.With a price revision list booklet of 1983 loosely inserted. In the original publisher's faux leather binding. Externally excellent with only minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, lightly soiled. Price revision list booklet of 1983 loosely inserted. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear, light sunning to spine and wraps, minor tide mark internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. With numerous illustrations in text, some in colour. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 817A27
- Title
- The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware
- Author
- A. Ball
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors' Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 11" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- pottery antiques collectibles pricing antiques
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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