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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0854099042. 255 pages. Illustrated. A hint of very light shelf wear, otherwise as new. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. The book appears unread, and looks New. Protected in a new Mylar Cover.; Small 4to.
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F (a good reading copy of this rare title, top of spine mateirial is off though is present, pages are clean, a rebinding candidate. ) Purple stamped cloth with gilt letters on spine and gilt decoration on front cover, top edges gilt. xvi, 255 pp. 12 color plates. Title continues: Containing biographical sketches of the chief artist workmen, the various marks used, fac-similes copied from the Old Derby pattern books, the original price list of more than 400 figures and groups, etc. etc. This pretty much sums it up! Serves as a history of Derby china, written by someone close to the company. "My knowledge of these facts, and of the much fuller particulars which this work contains, was derived from my having spent, as boy and man, thirteen years in painting at the work, and from the continued interest I took in them, owing to my uncle, the late James Thomason, having been manager for about thirty years." (preface) Please note that this is an original print volume and not a facsimile reprint or print-on-demand paperback.
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Used-Acceptable. Fair hardback in purple cloth. Stain at edge of first few pages; pages 230-end stained, quite badly on some pages; some pages torn, with loss, & professionally repaired & restored; rebound in purple/plum cloth; gilt vignette on front board worn.
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Good+ (boards scuffed, scratched & rubbed. spine ends & corner rubbed. corners bumped & rubbed. hinges appear to have newer, lighter hue binding tape repairs; back hinge tape has nearly split w/ split hinge visible; binding materials appear intact.... Purple stamped cloth with gilt letters on spine and gilt decoration on front cover, top edges gilt. green pastdowns & endpapers. xvi, 255 pp. 12 color plates. Textblock remains tightly bound. Opening and closing free-endpapers all smudge and foxed. Pages lightly tanned with instances of light foxing.
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Very good(+) Frontispiece and 11 other color plates, tissue guards. 255pp. Tall 8vo, rebound in red cloth. London: George Bell, 1876. Very good (+). With biographical sketches of the chief artist workmen, the various marks used, facsimiles copied from the Old Derby pattern books, and the original price list of more than 400 figures and groups.
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Fine. Book First edition. xvi, 255pp. Illustrated with one plain and 11 chromolithograph plates. Index. Maroon cloth gilt. Corners show light wear, expertly recased, endpapers renewed. A very good, tight and internally clean copy. The definitive work on the subject. It contains biographical sketches of the chief artist workmen, the various marks used, facsimiles, the original price list of more than 400 figures, etc. A complete and scholarly monograph. "This definitive work was so patiently and so carefully prepared that, when ready for the press, nothing more was wanted to make it a complete and perfect monograph. The anecdotal portion, which he (Haslem) alone could have written is particularly interesting". [Solon: p.197].
