A fine, clean copy of "English Earthenware Figures 1740 - 1840", by Pat Halfpenny, first published in 1991, by The Antique Collectors' Club of Woodbridge, Suffolk; this copy printed in 1995. Fascinating and well researched text accompanied by fine illustrations, including many plates in full color. A "must have" publication for the serious collector. Hard covers, large format, 346 pages, original dust jacket. Ref. EEF11PH/B3. $195.00. Please add $45.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

 A good, clean copy of "European and American Snuff Boxes", by Clare le Corbeiller, published by Chancellor Press of London in 1983. The author, formerly a member of staff at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, here presents an informative and absorbing study of the snuff boxes of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries. As important as Mrs.Corbeiller's learned text is the remarkable corpus of over seven hundred photographs with which it is illustrated, taken from over seventy collections, both public and private, on both sides of the Atlantic. Hard covers, large format, 120 pages, original dust jacket. Ref. EAASBCLC/A5. $195.00. Please add $35.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

Oriental Rugs and Carpets : Stanley Reed

 A good, clean, First Edition copy of "Oriental Rugs and Carpets", by Stanley Reed, published in 1967 by Weidenfield & Nicholson as one of their Pleasures and Treasures series. The author, a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and General Manager of Perez, one of London's leading carpet dealers, is well qualified to advise collectors in this complex area. Excellent text plus fine black and white and full color illustrations. Hard covers, 120 pages, original dust jacket. Ref. ORACSR/A4. $45.00. Please add $30.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain : Basil Gray

 A good, clean, First Edition copy of "Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain", by Basil Gray, published in 1953, by Faber and Faber of London, as one of their Faber Monographs series. The author, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at The British Museum, London, here presents a most lucid and authoritative thesis., describing that interesting Chinese period which extends from about the ninth to the fourteenth century. Forty eight pages of erudite academic text accompanied by ninety six fine black and white plates plus some in full color. Hard covers, original dust jacket. Ref. ECPAPBG/C1. $95.00. Please add $30.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

A Collector's Guide to Fans Over the Ages : Bertha de Vere Green

 A good, Pre-Publication copy of "A Collector's Guide to Fans Over the Ages", by Bertha de Vere Green, scheduled for publication by Frederick Muller of London in October 1975. A work of great scholarship, underlined by the fulsome praise for the thesis to be found in the foreword by The Master of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers for 1972 / 73, A.W. Fowles. Soft covers, superficial damage by way of tear to cover of lower spine, 332 pages, superb academic text together with both black and white and color illustrations. A scarce and important item. Ref. ACGTFOTABDVG/C3. $165.00. Please add $30.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

Christie's Review of the Season 1992

 A good, clean copy of "Christie's Review of the Season 1992", which takes a look at some of the finest and most interesting of the lots to have passed through the rooms of this leading International Auctioneer during the year. Soft covers, the back cover with one minor crease, large format, 314 pages of fine, museum quality, full color plates, together with erudite academic text. A valuable reference resource. Ref. CROTS1/C4. $65.00. Please add $40.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

Oriental Rugs and Carpets Today : How to Choose and Enjoy Them : Georges Izmidlian

 A good, clean copy of "Oriental Rugs and Carpets Today, How to Choose and Enjoy Them", by Georges Izmidlian, first published in 1977 by David and Charles of Newton Abbot and London. This, the Third Impression of 1979, signed by the author, an experienced carpet trader, who established London's first bonded carpet warehouse. An excellent introduction and guide to this fascinating subject. Hard covers, 128 pages, readable and knowledgeable text with line drawings, together with fine black and white and full color plates, original dust jacket. Ref. ORACTHTCAETGI/C1. $65.00. Please add $30.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788 - 1852 : Geoffrey A. Godden

 A fine, clean copy of "Chamberlain - Worcester Porcelain", by Geoffrey A.Godden FRSA, first published in 1982, this copy printed in 1992, by Magna Books of Leicester. This copiously illustrated and deeply researched book filled the last great void in British ceramic literature, telling the story of the one remaining Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century English porcelain factory. Like it's author's previous volumes on Caughley, Coalport and Minton, it has taken it's place as a standard work of reference for dealers, auctioneers, collectors and all concerned with the appreciation and identification of English ceramics. Hard covers, large format, 375 pages, superbly illustrated in black and white plus full color plates, original dust jacket. CWPGAF/Ref.B3. $225.00. Please add $45.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

Chinese Ceramics : The New Standard Guide : He Li

 A fine, clean, First Edition copy of "Chinese Ceramics, The New Standard Guide", by He Li, published by Thames and Hudson of London in 1996. The author, He Li, was born in Shanxi Province, China, in 1950, and was trained at the Palace Museum, Beijing and the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, two of the world's greatest repositories of Chinese ceramics. Since graduating in Art History at The University of Kansas, she has been a Research Associate at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Systematic study of Chinese ceramics has been greatly enlarged since the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, and this remarkable book cites all the latest scientific and archaeological evidence to provide an integrated and highly detailed approach to the subject. Erudite academic text plus over 850 superb photographic illustrations by Kazuhiro Tsuruta, including over 700 in full color. Hard covers, large format, 352 pages, original dust jacket. Ref. CCTNSGHL/C4. $225.00. Please add $65.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.

 A good, clean copy of "Historical Costumes of England from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Century", by Nancy Bradfield, first published in 1938, this, the revised second edition, with foreword by James Laver,  published in 1958 by George G. Harrap & Co., the present copy issued in 1969. A fine academic work, deriving it's inspiration mainly from original sources throughout England. The fruit of many years spent in analytical study of contemporary painting, sculpture, monumental brasses and actual collections of costumes in museums and private collections. Hard covers, 184 pages, over five hundred line drawings,original dust jacket. Ref HCOE11NB/D3. $65.00.  Please add $35.00 USD to your order to ship this item. Thank You.