The Ceramics of Altar de Sacrificios
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1971. Illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated, 4to, printed wrappers. Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1971. A very good(+) copy. More about The Ceramics of Altar de Sacrificios
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The Book of Buffalo Pottery.
New York: Crown, 1977. Packed with 400 illustrations, a few in color. 192pp. Slim 4to, cloth-backed boards, edgeworn d.w. N.Y.: Crown, (1977). Second printing. A fine copy in very good dust wrapper. More about The Book of Buffalo Pottery
Art of the Maya
London: Thames & Hudson, 1970. With 365 illustrations including 37 color plates. 344 pages, 4to, grey cloth, dust wrapper. London: Thames & Hudson, (1970). A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper (tattered at corners). More about Art of the Maya
Historical Staffordshire: An Illustrated Check List.
Danville: Arman Enterprises, 1974. 853 pieces catalogued, many with a small black & white photographs . 244pp. 8vo, maroon cloth. Danville VA: Arman Enterprises, 1974. First Edition. A fine copy. More about Historical Staffordshire: An Illustrated Check List
Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain
New York: China Institute, 2002. With an essay by Yuan Bingling. Illustrated with color photographs. 139pp., thin 4to, stiff, glossy pictorial wrappers; very minor fading along top edge of front cover. New York: China Institute Gallery, (2002). A fine copy. More about Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain
The Pueblo Storyteller; Development of a Figurative Ceramic Tradition
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. Many Illus., some in color. 4to, black cloth, d.w., corners of cloth lightly bumped, cloth lightly soiled. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1988). More about The Pueblo Storyteller; Development of a Figurative Ceramic Tradition
Lead Glazed Pottery: Part First (Common Clays). Plain Glazed, Sgraffito and Slip-Decorated Wares.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Illustrated in black & white. Thin 8vo, beige cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Very good. Art Primer, Pennsylvania Museum and School. More about Lead Glazed Pottery: Part First (Common Clays). Plain Glazed, Sgraffito and Slip-Decorated Wares
The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of American Ceramic Art from the Earliest Times to the Present Day; Combined with Barber, Edwin Atlee. Marks of American Potters.
New York: Feingold & Lewis, 1976. Many b/w illustrations throughout. 2 volumes in one. Thick 8vo, black cloth, slightly shaken; d.w. with a few small tears. New York: Feingold & Lewis, (1976). Limited Edition - number 887 of 3000 copies. Very good. Reprints of the Philadephia, 1909 and Philadelphia, 1904 editions. More about The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of American Ceramic Art from...
Salt Glazed Stoneware.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. Illustrated in black & white. Thin 8vo, beige cloth-backed blue boards lettered in gilt (extremities of spine rubbed). London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. Very good (+). Primers of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania Museum and School. More about Salt Glazed Stoneware
Bennington Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Identification.
New York: Crown, 1958. 450 black & white plates, 7 color plates. 342 pages plus indexp. 4to, red cloth-backed boards. New York: Crown, (1958). First edition. A very good copy. More about Bennington Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Identification
Gien Faience
Gien: Societe Nouvelle des Faienceries de Gien, 1985. Translated by Denis Mahaffey. Nearly 200 color and black-and-white illustrations. 162pp., 4to, pale blue cloth, d.w.; triangular tear to upper margin of dust wrapper's front cover. Gien: Societe Nouvelle des Faienceries de Gien, (1985). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Gien Faience
Arabesques et Jardins de Paradis: Collections Francaises d'Art Islamique
Paris: de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1989. More than 200 illustrations in color and black-and-white. 334pp., 4to, stiff, pictorial wrappers. Paris: Editions de la Reunion des Musees Naionaux, (1989). A near fine copy. More about Arabesques et Jardins de Paradis: Collections Francaises d'Art Islamique
The Moravian Potters in North Carolina
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1972. Illustrated. Photography by Bradford L. Rauschenberg. xiii + 300 pages. Tall 8vo, printed cloth. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (1972). near fine copy, issued without a dust wrapper. The Old Salem Series. More about The Moravian Potters in North Carolina
The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain.
New York: Scribner, 1971. Color & b/w illus., 533pp., 4to, cloth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1971). More about The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain
Las Urnas Zapotecas en el Real Museo de Ontario
Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1964. 32 plates. Text in eight separate unopened signatures. Text and plates loose as issued. Laid in publisher's cloth-backed board folder. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia, 1964. Text in Spanish and English. Text and plates are very good. The folder is lightly soiled and worn on edges. Union Academique Internationale. Corpus Antiquitatum Americanensium, Mexico (Volume) I. More about Las Urnas Zapotecas en el Real Museo de Ontario
Mimbres Painted Pottery.
Santa Fe: School of American Research, 1989. Illustrated in b/w throughout with a few plates in color, and a few maps and diagrams. 253pp. Square 8vo, glossy pictorial paper wrappers. Santa Fe: School of American Research, (1989). A fine copy. More about Mimbres Painted Pottery
Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest.
New York: Hudson Hills, 1983. Color frontispiece and illustrations throughout, mostly in black and white. 128pp. Oblong 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: Hudson Hills, (1983). A near fine copy. Introduction by Tony Berlant. More about Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest
Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest.
Introduction by Tony Berlant. Profusely illus. 128pp. Square 4to, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Hudson Hills Press, (1983). vg. More about Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest
Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St.James, Jerusalem Vollume II; Volume II: A Historical Survey of the Kütahya Industry and A Catalogue of the Decorative Tiles.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1972. Volume II only. 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper. Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1972). First edition. A near fine copy. More about Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St.James, Jerusalem Vollume II; Volume...
Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St.James, Jerusalem.; I: The Pictorial Tiles & Other Vessels Including a Catalogue of Inscribed and Dated Armenian Pottery. II: A Historical Survey of the Kütahya Industry and A Catalogue of the Decorative Tiles.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1972. 2 volumes. 4tos, blue cloth, d.w (lightly scuffed and a bit worn at spine ends) Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1972). First edition. Near fine in very good dust wrappers. More about Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St.James, Jerusalem.; I: The Pictorial...
Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St.James, Jerusalem.; I: The Pictorial Tiles & Other Vessels Including a Catalogue of Inscribed and Dated Armenian Pottery. II: A Historical Survey of the Kütahya Industry and A Catalogue of the Decorative Tiles.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1972. 2 volumes. 4tos, blue cloth, d.w (lightly edgeworn) Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1972). First edition. Inked initials in 1st volume and some minor rippling to pastedown endpapers in 2nd volume, still a very good(+) clean copy in very good dust wrappers. More about Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St.James, Jerusalem.; I: The Pictorial...
Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain with Historical Notices of Each Manufactory.
London: Reeves and Turner, 1932. Illustrated by Frederick Litchfield. Over 5000 Potters' Marks and Illustrations. 1095 pages. Very thick 8vo, ornately gilt burgundy cloth (inner hinges a bit weak). London: Reeves and Turner, 1932. Fourteenth issue enlarged. Overall a very good usable copy. The "New" Chaffers. More about Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain with Historical Notices of...
Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, with Historical Notices of each Manufactory.
Los Angeles: Borden, 1946. Edited by Frederick Litchfield. Over 5000 illustrations. 1095pp., Very thick large 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Los Angeles: Borden, 1946. Fourteenth ed. Very good. More about Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, with Historical Notices of...
The Imperial Sale: Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Wednesday 27 May 2009
Hong Kong: Christie's, 2009. Hundreds of objects beautifully illustrated in full color photographs. 234pp., tall 8vo, stiff, pictorial wrappers. Hong Kong: Christie's, 2009. A fine copy. More about The Imperial Sale: Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Wednesday 27 May 2009
Description of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Being a Translation of the T'ao Shuo
New York: AMS, 1973. With Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Stephen W. Bushell. xxxi + 222pp., short 8vo, red cloth. New York: AMS Press, (1973). A fine copy. More about Description of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Being a Translation of the T'ao Shuo