Old Derby Porcelain and Its Artist-Workmen

London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1928. Second Impression. Hardbound. VG- (DJ has moderate wear and aging; carries embossed i.d. stamp from previous owner; pages are crisp and clean.). Blue embossed cloth with gilt letters on spine and front cover and gilt decoration on front coverl; aqua paper dust jacket. 312 pp. 60 plates, color frontispiece, w/ tissue guard. "It is to enable readers to recognise the artist-workman by his work on specimens of Old Derby Porcelain, whether in their own collections, in the museums, or in the dealers' shops, the sales of old china, or wherever else the chase, the thrilling pursuit, of such specimens may take them, that this work is written. And to a Collector how much this knowledge increases not only the interest, but also the value, of an old Derby piece. One may have a beautiful old picture, or a fine statue, which may be something which is charming and artistically satisfying; but if one knows not the artist or the sculptor, it has lost nine-tenths of its interst and value. The examples illustrated here are selected for the most part with the same object; many from the Author's collection." (preface) A better-than-average copy of this book, in an uncommon dust jacket.