Staffordshire Pottery Figures
by Read, Herbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xv;24pp. Quarto. Original navy blue cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 6 coloured plates,(including frontispiece) and 70 B/W plates. Coloured plates are bowed. Minor soiling on one B/W plate, otherwise a clean and tight. Pictorial dust jacket is soiled with open tears at extremities, including spine but photo of staffordshire cat is untouched. very good A fantastic collection of Pottery Figures which are difficult to find. This books shows the true specimans, a historical survey of art and a series of almost one hundred selected figures. 1929
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139912
- Title
- Staffordshire Pottery Figures
- Author
- Read, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Ceramics|Collectibles|Pottery|Staffordshire
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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