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Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Hardbound. VG- (DJ has faded with age along edges and is corner clipped; interior good.). Red cloth, gilt letters on spine, with glossy, bw illustrated off-green dust jacket. xcv, 112 pp. "This important early book is solely concerned with the documentary material relating to the history of early English porcelain. It was inspired by the great early collector Sir A.W. Franks, who felt that 'if the newspapers of the period, both local and metropolitan, were carefully examined, much curious matter might be brought together, which would throw light on many debated points in the history of porcelain.' This task was undertaken by J.E. Nightingale who made a search of the newspapers of the second half of the eighteenth century in the British Museum and elsewhere, extractin sale announcements and other notices relating to the porcelain factories, and the classifying them in his Contributions. As well as newspaper notices Nightingale reprinted in… Leer más

Salisbury: Bennett Brothers, 1881. printed for private circulation. Hardbound. VG+ (has bookplate from a previous owner; otherwise quite nice.. Green cloth boards with dark green leather spine and corners. Gilt letters on spine; gilt top edges. Mylar dust jacket. Marbled flyleaves. xcv, 112, x, 54, 4 pp. no illustrations. Title on spine: English Porcelain. The first and original edition of this key resource. According to the dust jacket of the 1973 reprint: "This important early book is solely concerned with the documentary material relating to the history of early English porcelain. It was inspired by the great early collector Sir A.W. Franks, who felt that 'if the newspapers of the period, both local and metropolitan, were carefully examined, much curious matter might be brought together, which would throw light on many debated points in the history of porcelain.' This task was undertaken by J.E. Nightingale who made a search of the newspapers of the second half of the eighteenth century in the… Leer más

Salisbury: Bennett Brothers: Printed for Private Circulation, 1881. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Salisbury: Bennett Brothers: Printed for Private Circulation, 1881. 1st Edition . Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). pp xcv, 112, Signed by the author and with a letter from the author date June 21 1881 tipped in at rear. Large octavo.Handsome quarter bound in Morocco and green cloth, somewhat rubbed on edges and corners. Neat remarks in pen show that this volume also includes Chelsea ware. Two PO names dated 1881 and 1892 inscribed on FEP. Some pencil marks throughout.