Search Results: 5000 years of glass making the history by jaroslav r vavra

Prague: Artia. Hardcover. Good.. Folio. Undated but c.1954. Beige cloth boards with illustration to front and black lettering to spine. No dustjacket. Edges are bumped. Boards are age tanned. Fraying to spine. Pages are age tanned but clean. Binding is tight. Numerous colour/ black and white photographs. Folio size. An invaluable guide to the history of glass. Previous owner's signature on fep. Please enquire about postage as this book is heavy.

Prague: Artia, no date [1955]., 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with small tears. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages shows minor tanning.

Dec. Arts - Glass Vavra, Jaroslav R. 5000 YEARS OF GLASS-MAKING - THE HISTORY OF GLASS. Prague, 1954. Folio, cloth, DJ, 190pp. text, 172 plates with 430 illustrations, xxv pp. appendix. VG/VG

Prague: Artia. Good hardcover clothbound copy, xxxv + 172 pp, text in English, 32 coloured plates, 430 plain illustrations, text illustrations, profusely illustrated throughout . Good. Cloth Bound. 1954.

Prague: Artia, 1954. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. English translation of Vavra comprehensive and generously illustrated history of glass-making from antiquity to the present day. Featuring 32 colour and b/w images throughout the text and to the rear is a 172pp. section of illustrations and photographic images. Large 4to. (340x250mm) 191+172pp.[XXXV]. Missing dust jacket. Cloth covers are toned with some staining. A couple of marks to blanks at front, but content is clean and prim, binding tight. Good overall.

Prague: Artia, no date [1955]., 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library; in good condition. Clean text, sound binding.

Translated by I. R. GottHeiner, PH. D. Graphic arrangement by Frantisek Masek. Artia. Prague. 1954. De 35x26 cm. Com 191, [lxiv], [v], 172, xxxv, [i] págs. Encadernação do editor. Ilustrado no texto da 1ª numeração, com 155 desenhos e 32 gravuras a cores em extratexto. A segunda numeração é totalmente preenchida com 430 gravuras. Contém introdução do autor, glossário com pormenorizadas explicações das palavras, índice de gravuras a cores, a respectiva origem, índice das ilustrações no texto, índice das ilustrações na segunda paginação, bibliografia e índice geral. Em cinco partes o autor faz uma história da produção do vidro e do cristal desde as primeiras dinastias egípcias até ao século XX, com especial enfâse nos cristais de Veneza e da Boémia. Magnífica edição, que divulga os resultados de uma investigação muito abrangente e rigorosa, com grande beleza ao nível das obras de arte que estuda e representa. I-104-A-7