London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1880. . 12mo. 171 pp. Black leather-covered board with orange titling and design. Fair with loose and detached pages, chipping and fraying along spine and marginal soiling along boards and interior pages. Black and white plates. Black and white gravure frontis with protective tissue paper. Decorative blue and white floral endpapers. Some uncut and deckled pages. Includes nameplate on interior of front board, lending sheet attached to front endpaper and call number pasted on spine. First edition.Provenance: Ex-libris. Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library. Library book plate, and other library markings present on spine and inside front cover.

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Bookseller: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18-6901
Title: Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain, or the History of Those Arts from the Earliest Period.
Author: Westropp, Hodder M
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1880.
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