Accompanying an exhibit organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this luxurious volume explores china and glasswares and how they mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts of 20th-century America. 250 illustrations, 200 in full color.
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Accompanying an exhibit organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this luxurious volume explores china and glasswares and how they mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts of 20th-century America. 250 illustrations, 200 in full color.
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Shipped within 24 hrs of purchase. Satisfaction guaranteed! This is an ex-library book with stickers and and typical library markings. However, this book remains in very good condition. The binding is solid and that pages are in great shape.
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Fine in Good jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Hardcover, large folio volume bound in blue cloth decorated in silver, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 496 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs. First edition. Published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition organized by the Dallas Museum of Art. The first survey to take a comprehensive look at modern tableware used in American homes, from manufacturing technologies, cultural proclivities, business history and design aspects. No previous ownership marks. Book as new, clean, square and unmarked. Dust-jacket damaged at fore-edge and spine, now tape repaired on verso. A fine copy in a good dust-jacket. A very large book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, as close to actual cost as possible.
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Used-Like New. This lavishly illustrated 100-year history of American tableware covers social and cultural trends in food, cocktails, dining, and entertaining, plus table settings, designers, and manufacturers. Accompanying an exhibit organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this luxurious volume explores china and glasswares and how they mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts of 20th-century America. 250 illustrations, 200 in full color. BEAUTIFUL COPY! ! ! wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...
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Fine in fine jacket. 345 illustrations including 255 color plates. 496 pages. Thick 4to, blue cloth with silver-stamped pictorial covers, d.w. New York: Dallas Museum of Art & Harry Abrams, (2000). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Printed to accompany the Dallas Museum exhibition.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: Folio-over 12"-15" tall; 1st Edition, gift quality, hardcover in blue paper covered boards with a blindstamp illustration. Spine ends and tips remain sharp. 496pp glossy text is tight, crisp, and unmarked. illustrated with more than 200 photographs and cup and plate end pps. Original dj is unclipped, brightly illustrated and displays well in new mylar. The rich colors of Frederick Rhead's Fiesta, the translucent beauty of Waterford crystal, nothing adds personality to a celebration like the right tableware. But beyond their appeal to all who want to entertain in style, and their value as collectibles, china and glass wares mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts in 20th-century America and provide a unique vantage point from which to view our society. This luxurious volume-which accompanies an exhibit organized by the Dallas Museum of Art-is the first to take a comprehensive look at the modern tableware used in American homes, treating its cultural and business history as well as its design. From table settings for turn-of-the-century ladies' luncheons to trendy accessories for suburban barbecues in the post-World War II years to the tinfoil trays invented for TV dinners, this fascinating book has it all.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Folio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abrams, 2000. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 496pp., 345 illustrations, including 255 plates in full color. Minor stain to one corner of front board, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. First edition, 2000. Large quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 496 pp., heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, some soiling or discoloration to some pages, age-toning or discoloration to the dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including some creasing and minor tearing to the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. This heavy book might require an additional shipping charge.
