Ardmore - We are because of others. The Story of Fée Halsted and Ardmore Ceramic Art
by Ardmore Ceramic Art (text), and Roger de la Harpe (photographs)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1431701114
- ISBN 13
- 9781431701117
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2012) 9781431701117. 4to; original green boards, lettered in yellow to spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. xiv + 202, incl. index; lovely full-colour photographs of the ceramicists and their work; some historical photographs and artwork. Fine condition. "Ardmore - We are because of others tells the extraordinary story of this famous studio, from its humble beginnings in a poverty-stricken corner of South Africa to its fame as a producer of exceptional and irresistible objets d'art prized by collectors, galleries and museums throughout the world. It is also the story of the indomitable Fée Halsted who is the driving force behind the enterprise, and the artists whose inventive spirit and fearless creativity are at the heart of Ardmore." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10339
- Title
- Ardmore - We are because of others. The Story of Fée Halsted and Ardmore Ceramic Art
- Author
- Ardmore Ceramic Art (text), and Roger de la Harpe (photographs)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1431701114
- ISBN 13
- 9781431701117
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2012) 9781431701117
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- This edition first published
- 2013-02
- Keywords
- Ceramics. South African Art. KwaZulu-Natal. Nottingham Road. Pottery Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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