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THE CANADIAN COLLECTOR: GLASS - POTTERY - FURNITURE - FIREARMS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
by Stevens, Gerald. Introduction by F. St. George Spendlove
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1957. 100 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. First edition, limited to 750 copies. B&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Early Canadian Glass (Mallorytown Glass House / The Glass Factories of the Seigniory of Vaudreuil / John C. Spence: Glass Maker / St. Johns Glass Works / The Hamilton Glass Works / The St. Lawrence Glass Works / John Herring of Napanee: Glass Maker, Founder and Builder); Canadian China and Pottery (Staffordshire Canadian Views / Canadian China and Pottery / A Check List of Early Canadian Potters); Canadian Cabinetmakers; Canadian Gunsmiths; Bibliography. A few very small foxing marks on rear endpapers, some pages with tiny bump at top corner, two tiny corner bumps to boards, light soiling marks on covers, very light edge wear, light edge wrinkling, two line indentations on rear board and rear edge of spine.. First, Limited Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28723
- Title
- THE CANADIAN COLLECTOR: GLASS - POTTERY - FURNITURE - FIREARMS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
- Author
- Stevens, Gerald. Introduction by F. St. George Spendlove
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First, Limited Edition.
- Publisher
- Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Canadian, Canadiana, Gerald Stevens, Collecting, Glass, Pottery, Furniture, Firearms, Guns, Gunsmiths, Cabinetmakers, Staffordshire, Potters, John Herring, St. Lawrence Glass Works, Hamilton, St. Johns, John C. Spence, Mallorytown, Vaudreuil.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles; Canada - General;
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Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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