ALL KINDS OF SMALL BOXES (COLLECTORS' PIECES No 4).

HARDBACK "COLLECTORS? PIECES SERIES No 4," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Thus.* Impression:1st.* Date of Publication: 1965 (1964)* Publisher: Cassell.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo to wrapper, price clipped and showing no shelf price. Clean and bright with small tear at tail of spine. Rear slightly grubby and interior very slightly yellowed. VG* Contents condition: Private copy, not ex-library, with neat dedication to fep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very lightly used if at all. VG+* Illustrations: 2pp.colour & numerous b/w photos & line drawings throughout within text.* Pages: 68 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Number four in a series of handbooks by John Bedford, providing a new (1960?s) and lighter approach to collecting. This pocket book gives a concise and readable history of the variety and origins of this particular class of objets d?art. The chapters are entitled:- Uses for small boxes, ?Vieux Paris,? Enamels, English Silver, Oriental Lacquer, Lead Brass And Pewter, Papiermache, Pontypool and Usk ware, Shelll Ware, Tunbridge Ware, Various and Curious. There is something here for everyone. Connoisseurs of these small collectibles will hardly find a wider choice of information in any one volume. It is still a definitive guide for the browser and collector.* A NEAR VG++ copy reduced by jacket wear and a dedication to VG*