Chats on Old China (Signed)

Author(s): Hayden, Arthur

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Edition:	2nd Edition
Signature:	Signed by Author(s)
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	T Fisher Unwin
Publication Year:	1906
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	009040
Catalogue(s):	Signed Books ◇ Antiques and Collectibles

xxviii, 288pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; blue design and white titles on front and spine. Spine sun faded, bumped ends, cloth worn. Wear to covers. Binding a little loose. Blue stained top edge, all edges untrimmed. Signed, presentation copy with inscription 'D. Coral Thomson Esq with the author's compliments' on the front free endpaper and also with a bookmark (attached to the front pastedown with tape) which reads 'With compliments Arthur Hayden'. Some foxing to prelim pages. Colour frontispiece has 3cm closed tear. Otherwise internally neat, clean, and bright. No dust jacket. 8vo. Useful and reliable introduction to the subject with chapters covering Old Derby, Chelsea China, The Bow China Factory, Old Worcester, Plymouth and Bristol China; The Lowestoft Factory; Coalport; Spode and his Successors; NantGarw & Swansea; Minton; Old English Earthenware; Lustre Ware; Liverpool Ware & Wedgwood. Illustrated with both full page and in-text black and white photographs throughout.

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