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London: Ellis and White, 1878. vii, 67pp text, 332 bw ills on 26 autotype plates. Grey cloth- mainly gilt with repeating motifs of cherries and cherry blossoms, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. The spine is detached at rear and holding well at front- it is split into 5 sections with approx 1cm of loss at top and .5cm at… Read more about this item

London: Phillips Sons & Neale, 1999. HEAVY. 216pp, hundreds col ills, pictorial endpapers, loosely inserted prices realised list. Minor edge wear to jacket, front flap creased otherwise excelelnt. Auction catalogue for the first part of the extraordinary Watmey collection. All of the identified eighteenth century English factories are represented, from Limehouse and Lund's Bristol in the 1740s to Caughley and… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors Club, 1987. VERY HEAVY. 558pp, index, bibliography/references, appendix, hundreds of bw ills, col plates, pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. A superb reference to the 1500 or so portrait figures produced in the 19th century. A standard work in the field often refered to as the "Pugh".. New &… Read more about this item

London: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. HEAVY. 399pp, index, bibliography, appendices, hundreds bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. Near new. The essential reference for British ironstone china and the related stone china and granite ceramic bodies. As well as chapters on Mason's ironstone china, details are given of some 350 British manufacturers of ironstone-type wares.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors Club, 1998. HEAVY. 370pp, bibliography, appendices, 575 bw & 65 col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Near new. An exceptional reference work on the wares produced by Minton and the men who created them.. Revised. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors Club, 1981. HEAVY. 327pp, index, bibliography, appendices, num bw & some col ills. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with very light edge wear. Includes Bow, Derby, Chelsea and Worcester as well as others of the period.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.

London: Faber & Faber, 1984. 205pp, bw & col ills, map, index, bibliography. Or green cloth in jacket. Near new. Ceramics of the Sung Dynasty (969-1279)-a period of great sophistication. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Melbourne: Museum of Victoria., 1992. viii, 72pp, index, bibliography, num col & some bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Includes domestic technology, fibrecraft, dress and ornamentation, carving, clay and ceramics, painting, children's lives, batik and textiles, prints and posters.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1983. 111pp, endnotes, biographical notes, bw & col ills. Brown boards in jacket. Small bookseller label inside front cover, some foxing to prelims. An illuminating record of the craftsman and his influence.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. HEAVY. 352pp, index, list of Chinese characters, bibliography, glossary, chronology, 850 ills (704 col), 6 maps. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Spine creased, very slight edge wear to covers. Superb reference drawing on the extraordinary collection housed in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.. Second Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1964. Unpaginated (40pp), 90+ bw ills. Red, white and blue card. Slight edge wear to cover. Loosely inserted related clipping from the Bulletin. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Pitman, 1975. 176pp, index, glossary, bibliography, notes, num bw & som col ills. Or green cloth in jacket. A little foxing and slight edge wear. Raku is a Japanese pottery making technique emphasizing intuition, spontaneity and 'controlled accidents'. This book presents the raku process, stressing the raku philosophy and perception, as well as the method.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Tokyo: College Women's Association of Japan, 1993. 136pp, references, glossary, bw & col ills, insert detailing lectures/lecturers. Or pictorial card. Crease to top front corner. A series of 6 lectures on the Momoyama period in Japan- the half century when unification of Japan occurred (1568-1615). Looks at history, life at the time, the arts (painting, ceramics, lacquer, performing arts), architecture,… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. VERY HEAVY. 2 volume set. xviii, 611; v, pp613-835; inbdexes, 192 bw plates, maps, bibliography, notes. Or red cloth in jackets. Near new. An illustrated history of Greek art from the archaic to the Hellenistic period. A monumental study and the only study in English on this scale.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. xv, 125pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, col frontis. Or cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped. The first reference to be devoted to Parian china.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: British Museum Press, 1984. 240pp, index, glossary, notes, bibliography, maps, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Near new. The history of flower and animal patterns in Chinese decoration beginning with the Greek acanthus. Includes Chinese influence on Iranian and Turkish decoration.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Faber & Faber, 1974. xii, 139pp text + 8 col plates + approx 200 bw ills at rear, map, index, bibliography. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. Ceramics of the Yuan Dynasty- the 150 years in the 13th and 14th centuries, when China was ruled by the Mongols.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. HEAVY.399pp, index, 410 col ills, bibliography, notes. Or black cloth in jacket. As new. Superb volume of the pottery and ceramics of the Islamic world. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1984. 283pp, index, bibliography, maps, glossary, notes, 319 ills (40 col). Or green cloth in jacket with flimsy slipcase. Near new. Lavishly illustrated and extensively documented study.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1974. HEAVY. 317pp, index, bibliography, 470 ills (111 col). Or tan cloth in jacket with slipcase. Near new. Slipcase is just a flimsy card shipping case. Chinese ceramics from the Neoloithic period to the early 20th century. A sumptuous presentation.. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.