Blacker, J.F.

The ABC of Collecting Old English China. Giving a Short History of the English Factories, and showing how to apply Tests for Unmarked China before 1800.

Second edition. London, The London Opinion Curio Club, 1908. 23 x 15 cm. 142 pages with 75 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external wear and some foxing.

The Georgian Society / Sadleir, Thomas U. / Dickinson, Page L.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin Volumes 1 to 5 & Georgian Mansions in Ireland.

First and Limited Editions. See comments below. Six Volumes in Total. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press by Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1909 to 1913 & 1915. c. 30 x 25 cm. Vol.1: xix, 101 Plates, 43 pages [Notes & Index] / Vol.2: xxii, 144 pages, 115 Plates / Vol.3: Frontispiece, xxv, one Plate, 135 pages, 103 pages / Vol.4: Frontispiece, xxx, one Plate, 126 pages, 122 Plates / Vol.5: Frontispiece, xxvi, one Plate, 129 pages, 129 Plates / Georgian Mansions in Ireland: Frontispiece, xx, 103 pages, 80 Plates. Original cloth bindings with black titles and decorations on front board and spine. See images. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Free end papers missing in volumes 1 and 2. Hinges cracked in volume 5. Occasional mild foxing to text pages. Bright and clean Plates. A very nice set.

Jones, Sydney R.

Posters & Publicity. Fine Printing and Design.

First Edition. London, The Studio, 1926. 29 x 20 cm. 165 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue textured cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Bookseller stamps on front paste donw and front free end paper. Mild foxing, otherwise internally clean.

Westwood, H.R.

Modern Caricaturists. With Foreword on the Art of Caricature by David Low.

First Edition. London, Lovat Dickson Limited, 1932. 28 x 21 cm. xiv, 204 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket age darkened with minor losses. See images. A bright and clean copy.

Moore, N. Hudson.

Old Glass – European and American. With Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Ilustrations. [With a Chapter on Irish Glass / A Chapter on Waterford Glass / A Chapter on Dublin and Cork Glass].

London, Hodder & Stoughton, no year (c.1935). Octavo. XVI, 394 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover [Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and embossed illustration on spine andfront board]. Original binding in very good condition with some strong signs of spotting and staining to the covers. Interior in very good condition. The binding still very firm.

Thornton, J.H. (Editor).

Textbook of Footwear Manufacture.

[First Edition]. London, The National Trade Press Ltd., 1953. 21 x 14 cm. xii, 582 pages. Illustrated in B&W. With a section of advertisements. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ownership stamp on front free end paper and title page (‘P.P. The Reliable Shoe Co. Ltd’) Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Motoi Oi.

Step by Step in Sumi Painting.

Tokyo, Japan, Chiyoda Publishing, 1959. 29 x 21 cm. 23 pages. Illustrated. Original orange paper wrappers. Exposed string binding. See images. Very good condition.

Baker, Denys Val.

Pottery Today.

First Edition. London New York Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1961. 14.5cm x 22cm. xii, 144 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Kelly, Allison.

The Story of Wedgwood.

First Edition in this form. London, Faber and Faber, 1962 21 x 15 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing anf bumping, Edges and end papers dust dulled and age darkened. A few small specks, but generally bright and clean. Dust jacket worn and age darkened, now in protective jacket.

Odate, Toshio.

Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use.

First Printing. Newtown, CT, The Taunton Press, 1984. 30 x 22 cm. viii, 189 pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photos in B&W. Original dark blue cloth with title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear and one short (1.5 cm) closed tears to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean without annotations. A nice copy.