Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass by McKearin, George & Helen

New York, New York, USA: Bonanza Books/Crown Pub, 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hard Back Large Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. A beautifully designed book tracing the development of blown glassmaking from colonial days to the modern industry of today. Hundreds of illustrations, inc. 105 full-page plates with monochrome illustrations and 10 pages in full color, which contain outstanding examples of articles from each period. Orange cloth binding, black titled with decoration on spine; clean and unmarked, with rubbed edges, lightly scuffed lower corners, spine head scuffed/torn on rear edge. Tight, solid and square. Front endpaper has a soiled spot, otherwise internals are very clean, no marks, no creases. Jacket with examples of various blown glass articles is clean, unmarked, worn, chipped edges, with triangular piece missing from spine head. 382 pages with Notes and Sources, and… Read More

New York: Crown, 1962. Very Good/Good. 10th printing, 382p, ill, dw torn and repaired at bottom

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1950. HC. very good+ green cloth, teg (hardcover) in very good slipcase. 105 B&W plates, 10pp color. First published in 1950. Traces the development of blown glassmaking from colonial days. Definitive. Franklin 4388. Offered is copy 407 of 500 copies signed by the authors. 382pp.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First edition after the printing of a limited edition of five hundred copies. Hardcover. VG/VG-, DJ torn at edges. Light blue cloth, light blue ill. DJ. xvi, 382 pp. 10 color, 114 bw plates. "This beautifully designed book traces the development of blown glassmaking from colonial days to the modern industry it is today. Moreover, recent and extensive research by the authors has uncovered new facts and documentary evidence never published anywhere before." (dj).

New York: Crown, 1966. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Folio. Fine/Very good- (small top dust jacket corner chip). In Mylar cover. Folio size, color plates, the authoritative text on blown glass. Illustrated with plates. Early edition. Binding is cloth boards.