Bell, David HOKUSAI'S PROJECT The Articulation of Pictorial Space
Global Oriental , 2007 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Size: 10" x 7" approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Art & Design ; Inventory No: 0029311. (Book ref. 0029311) £50.00
Mackenna, F. Severne 18th Century English Porcelain : (Notes on Various Aspects of Collecting)
F.Lewis, 1970 First Edition. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In stock, for immediate despatch. No. 184 of 600 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.25 -2 kilos. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; ISBN: 0853172218. Inventory No: 0026997. (Book ref. 0026997) £18.00
Sempill, Cecilia English Pottery and Porcelain. Britain in Pictures No 77
London: Collins, 1947. 3rd Edition. Lilac board cover. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 48pp :: 226mm x 170mm (9" x 7") (Book ref. bip077aa) £6.60
Geoffrey Godden: Godden's Guide to European Porcelain.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1993. First edition (hardback). 4to, 345pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in b&w, but with 16pp in colour. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0712653023 (Book ref. 27293) £25.00
Godden, Geoffrey A: CHAMBERLAIN - WORCESTER PORCELAIN 1788 - 1852
(Magna Books 1992 reprint) 4to 375pp. 450 bw & 25 col ills. Fine in fine dustwrapper (Book ref. 7175) £53.00
Shinn, C & D: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO VICTORIAN PARIAN CHINA
(Barrie & Jenkins 1971) Demy 8vo, xv, 125pp. col fs. bw ills. F/VG (Book ref. 2939) £10.00
WATNEY (B): Longton Hall Porcelain. NEAR FINE COPY IN THE dust wrapper
Faber, [1957] 8vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates and 80pp plates in monochrome; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dust wrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Nice copy of a standard reference (Book ref. 18896) £36.00
GODDEN Geoffrey Minton Pottery and Porcelain of the First Period, 1793-1850
Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 168p, portrait frontispiece and 82 pages of plates, hardback, a fine copy in a fine dust-jacket [0257667172] (Book ref. 111475) £25.00
Charleston, R. J. English Porcelain 1745 - 1850
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1965. 1st Edition. Black Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large Z 183pp. A lovely copy. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographic plates. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. A very good clean, tight copy in a good wrapper. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions of English porcelain in colour and black and white. No inscriptions. The upper corner of the front endpaper has been price-clipped. The wrapper has not been price-clipped. There is a small chip to the head of the front panel close to the spine and similarly one to the head of the rear panel. There are five short tears to the head of the front panel - the largest being 1cm in length - all expertly repaired. A very good, tight, clean copy in a good wrapper. (Book ref. 228218) £9.00
Barrett, Franklin A; Thorpe, Arthur L. Derby Porcelain
Cirencester: The Collector's Book Club, 1973. Illustrated by Illustrated. Reprint. Green Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large Z 206 pp, 177 unpaginated b/w photographic plates at rear. 1973 Collector's book club edition - the publisher on the spine of the wrapper states 'Faber and Faber'. No inscription. Original publisher's cloth - with gilt embossed burgundy title block. A slight bump to the tail of the spine.Some foxing to the upper fore-edge. The wrapper has been price-clipped. The outer laminate is lifting at the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper with some rubbing. Several tiny soil marks to the wrapper at the tail of the spine. A very good, tight, clean copy. (Book ref. 228212) £10.00
Sandon, Henry The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain 1751 - 1793
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Orange - Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall xvpp; 96pp of text; 1970. First edition. 149 full page b/w plates and several colour ones. A very good copy with gilt embossed lettering to the spine. No inscriptions. Very small circular soil/stain mark to around two pages. Small ghost mark from a former book seller's stick to the tail of the front paste-down. The wrapper has not been price-clipped. Fading to the spine of the wrapper the pink from the text on the spine faint. A very good, tight copy. (Book ref. 228209) £14.00
Monkhouse, Cosmo A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1901. Illustrated by Illustrated. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Wrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large xiipp; 176pp. A limited edition copy, (1901) being one of 1000 copies, this copy being un-numbered at 0000. Gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine. Upper edges gilt. Illustrated with 24 full page colour plates with tissue guards, as called for and numerous other b/w illustrations plates.There are light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and a bump to one board corner. Light toning to the end papers. and a neat contemporary name inscription to the half title page. Both binding and contents are clean and tight. A very good copy. (Book ref. 227542) £250.00
Anon Sevres : Porcelain from the Royal collection
London: The Queen's Gallery Birmingham Palace, 1979. Illustrated by Illustrated. 1st Edition. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good/N/a. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 144pp. A first edition copy ( 1979). Paperback. Bound in colour pictorial card covers and containing numerous b/w and a few colour photographic plates of the porcelain .Light shelf wear to the card covers. Clean and tight. A very good copy. (Book ref. 226103) £5.00
Honey, W. B. French Porcelain of the 18th Century
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1950. Illustrated by Illustrated. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 78pp; followed by 96 full page b/w photographic plates of French Porcelain with referencing supportive text. Bound in blue cloth with gilt embossed letteirng to the red title block on the spine. There is a little fading to the spine and light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and two board corners. A few light foxspots to the fore edges. Clean and tight. A very good copy. (Book ref. 226094) £6.00
Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain : a Handbook for Collectors
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1979. Illustrated by Illustrated. Third Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 440pp. Third edition copy ( 1979). Illustrated with numerous b/w photographic plates and a few colour plates. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Light bump to the tail of the spine and a slight bump to the head of the spine with associated light creasing to the overlying wrapper. There is a little dust soiling to the upper fore edges. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped with light fading to the spine of the wrapper. There is a light stain to the reverse of the wrapper at the tail of the spine. Light shelf wear. A very good copy. (Book ref. 225972) £5.00
Godden, Geoffrey A. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain
London: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd., 1977. Fourth Impression. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Signed by Author Z 390pp. 1977. Fourth impression. A very good, clean, tight signed copy in like wrapper. Numerous reproductions in colour and black and white illustrate the text. The book is signed by Godden to the front endpaper with an addition - 'Good hunting!' Clean and tight. A very good copy. Bumps to the head and tail of the spine and to one corner. Some fly spots to the upper fore-edge. Slight rubbing to the tail of the lower boards. A very good, tight, clean signed copy. (Book ref. 225890) £13.00
Godden, Geoffrey A. Staffordshire Porcelain
London: Granada Publishing, 1983. 1st Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 0246114940 Z 593pp. A lovely copy of this porcelain reference book in very good wrapper. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine and profusely illustrated with numeorus b/w and colour photographic images of Staffordshire Porcelain. Ribbon book mark in place. Bump to one corner of the rear board. A light bump to one corner and a very slight bump to another. The wrapper is not price-clipped with light creasing at the head of the spine and light shelf wear. A lovely, well preserved, tight, clean copy in a very good wrapper. (Book ref. 225889) £145.00
Cox, Alwyn; Cox, Angela Rockingham Pottery and Porcelain, 1745-1842
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1983. Illustrated by N/a. Brown Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Small 0571130496 262pp. 1983. First edition. A lovely, clean, tight copy in very good wrapper. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions - some in colour. The tail of the spine bumped. The wrapper has not been price-clipped. There is a little creasing to the head of the wrapper, slight creasing to the tail of the rear panel of the wrapper and some fading to the spine of the wrapper. A lovely, clean, tight, well preserved copy in wrapper. (Book ref. 225884) £13.00
Barrett, Franklin A; Thorpe, Arthur L. DERBY PORCELAIN 1750 - 1848
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large Z 206 pp, 177 unpaginated b/w photographic plates at rear. First edition (1971) hardback. There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine and a little scattered foxing to the fore edges. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper is not prce clipped and protected in archival sleeve. Light creasing to the wrapper edges. Clean and no tears. A very good copy. (Book ref. 228211) £12.00
Payton, Mary & Geoffrey The Observer's Book of Pottery and Porcelain. 1977
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1977. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. VG : in Very good condition with darkened dust jacket. 192pp :: 140mm x 90mm (6" x 4") (Book ref. obs51b) £7.60