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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Profusely illustrated, colored frontispieces, 2 vols., 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Cambridge University Press, 1970. Near Fine. Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. More
Art of Clay: Timeless Pottery of the Southwest.
Santa Fe: Clear Light, 1993. Color plate illustrations reproducing photographs of each sculptor's work. Foreword by Roger G. Kennedy. Slim 4to, 139 pp., silver stamped black cloth, slipcase. A handsome survey of 18 prominent native sculptors. Santa: Fe Clear Light Publishers, 1993. Signed on the limitation page by the 13 living artists of the total of 18 featured in the survey . Limited Edition. Fine. Limited to one of 300 numbered copies. More
The Potters' View of Canada; Canadian Scenes on Nineteeth-Century Earthenware.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. McGill-Queen's UP, (1983). vg. More
Spode's Willow Pattern & other designs after the Chinese
New York: Rizzoli, 1980. Extensively illustrated. 182pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, in association with Christie's, (1980). A very good (+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Common Clay
Atlanta: Droke House, 1971. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations. 144pp., slim 4to, rust cloth. Atlanta: Droke House, (1971). First Edition. Limited Edition. Very Good (+). Inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf. More
Rockingham, 1745-1842.
London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. 431pp., with hundreds of illustrations in b/w and color. Thick square 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001). Fine in fine d.w. More