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Wedgwood Jasper Ware (Collectors' Pieces)
by Bedford, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. introduction by author. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white photographs, with a section of to pages of colour photographs between pages 8 and 9 and illustrations and at the rear of the book there is a section on the makers marks used for Jasper Ware. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A small book under the Collectors' Pieces series dealing with Wedgwood Jasper Ware. A small potted history of the founder of Wedgwood, Josiah Wedgwood, is given, then a explanation of how Jasper Ware is made, then going on to the decorative and ornamental styles, tableware, cameos and medallions and the already mentioned marks. Rubbing to the book corners and back strip edges with sunning along the top edge. Light Browning and foxing to the top text block edges with age toning of the other edges and pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges with quite noticeable sunning of the panels and particularly the back strip. Handling marks to the rear panel. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [3], 4 - 64 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Porcelain; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 0122053. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122053
- Title
- Wedgwood Jasper Ware (Collectors' Pieces)
- Author
- Bedford, John
- Illustrator
- Photographic and Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Wedgwood Jasper Ware, Collectors' Pieces – Series, porcelain, British, antiques, collectables Antiques & Collectibles; Porcelain; Britain/UK; Photographic and Illustrations Unbranded Bedford, John Wedgwood Jasper Ware (Collecto
- Bookseller catalogs
- Porcelain;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
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