Book of Ceramics by Rada, Parvoslav

Spring Books, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Spring Books, London, 1964, 2nd Ed., Revised, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. Quarto, hardback Good ex library copy from the 60's in red and gray pictorial, lightly edgeworn, dj in mylar. .Gives the basic facts of ceramic production illustrated with photographs. Hand building techniques, throwing and glazing. Frontis of Persian Tile, 18th C. 92 pp., Full page b & w illus. and 8 color plates. Trans. By Parfait,

London: Spring Books. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Nice-looking, structurally sound copy in hardcover of the first English edition, having been translated by A. Parfait, and touching on Delfft, Meissen, Wedgewood and other ceramics manufacturers. Publication date not stated, but appears to be 1962. Bound handsomely in a light blue buckram cloth and illustrated by means of a gilt vase. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped but with wear along top edge especially and chipping to bottom edge. Gorgeous full color photographs to front cover. 137 pp., then a lengthy section of nearly 100 plates, double-side. Reference book for potters, amateur and professional. Raw materials and ways of testing; industrial or studio use; classifications of ceramics (soft wares, Wedgewood, stoneware, porcelain, more); glazes, their molecular formulae, production, firing; pigments, modeling &… Read More

London: Spring Books. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/Fair. Very good (fading toward boards edges and light wear to extremities) in fair dust jacket with tearing to edges and some fading.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.