China Collecting in America
by Alice Morse Earle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1892. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover. Light blue cloth-covered boards illustrated w/floral porcelain design. Gilt lettering on spine. Classic resource on collecting China and English Porcelains including histories of porcelains, early arts in America, designs, and manufacture. The author tells about her china-collecting experiences and tells the history of the pieces she has chosen to illustrate. She also describes how china was made at various American sites. B&w illustrations, previous owner's bookplate otherwise clean. Record # 385041
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 385041
- Title
- China Collecting in America
- Author
- Alice Morse Earle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Antiques & Collectibles, Ceramics, , .
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....