New York: Warner Books, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xii, 324 pp. Tells the story of how the West learned to make porcelain, focusing on Bottger, who discovered the arcanum, or secret formula; and Herold and Kandler, artists at.....
New York: Crown Publishers, 1962. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
Tenth printing. Lacks jacket. Boards faded and lightly foxed, corners rubbed.
xvi, 382 pp. Includes color plates. CONTENTS: The Ancestry of American Glass; Glassmaking in the Colonies; Glassmaking from 1780 to 1800; Glassmaking in the Critical Period from 1800 to 1830; The.....
New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1870. Hard Cover.
Minor loss to spine head and to spine base, board corners bumped.
325, 10 pp. Gilt title on spine. Includes 63 wood engravings. A history of glass making throughout the world. Topics include glass mirrors, telescopes, glass beads, Venetian glass, opera.....
New York: Weathervane Books, 1974. Large Hardcover.
One-inch tear along bottom edge of jacket front and jacket rear, jacket edges rubbed with a few minor chips. Cloth spine toned.
221, 215 pp. Two volumes in one: Volume I: Blown and Molded; Volume II: Pressed and Cut. "The photographs in this.....
PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1997. Large Hardcover.
A fine copy in a near fine jacket.
192 pp. Louis Comfort Tiffany's blown art glass, made from 1891 to 1928, embodies the artist's superior workmanship and satisfied his dream to introduce objects of both usefulness and beauty into the average household. These lovely.....
Japan: The Corning Museum of Glass, 1998. Large Softcover.
Light smudges on wrappers, pages very faintly toned.
149 pp. "Catalog from an exhibition of modern glass sculpture with color illustrations, brief descriptions and biographies of the glass artists." Hokkaido Mueum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan, October 1-November 16, 1997. Shimonoseki.....
San Francisco, California: Western World Publishers, 1981. Large Softcover.
Spine creased, ink name on front wrapper verso.
288 pp. CONTENTS: The Avon Story; Avon Collecting with Dorothy Bernard; California Perfume Company Collectibles; CPC/Perfection Collectibles; CPC/Avon--Household Fresheners; Women's Fragrance Lines and Bath Lines; Mens, Women's or Teen's Figurals; Men's Figurals; Jewelry.....