Staffordshire Pottery
by Wedgwood, Josiah; Thomas H. Ormsbee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1947. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardback is tightly bound. Contains 162 black and white illustrations, history of Staffordshire potteries and Index. End papers and text lightly age-tanned with FO name to ffep but no other marks. Lightly faded gilt to front cover and spine with spine and edges lightly sunned. Light wear around edges of cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 147 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lady (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 494
- Title
- Staffordshire Pottery
- Author
- Wedgwood, Josiah; Thomas H. Ormsbee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Antiques & Collectibles, Staffordshire, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- China;
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About the Seller
The Book Lady
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Lawrence, Kansas
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...