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20982. Adburgham, Alison: Liberty's A Biography of a Shop.

London: George Allen & Unwin 1975 20.5 x 14.5 cm. 160 pp. illustrated softcovers, in good condition. £10.00


20916. Agnew, Antonia, David Doxey and Felicity Marno.: Tea, Trade and Tea Canisters.

London: Stockspring Antiques 2002. 27 x 21 cm. 72 pp. 57 illustrations, mostly in colour, card covers, in very good condition. A very useful and well illustrated catalogue, excellent reference material. £20.00


20640. Albert Amor Limited: Loan Exhibition of Bow Porcelain circa 1747-75 in memory of Geoffrey Freeman.

London: Albert Amor Limited June 1982. 24 x 18 cm. 30 pp. 78 superb pieces illustrated in monochrome, softcovers, in a very good condition. £10.00


20639. Albert Amor Limited: Rarities from The John Hewett Collection of Early 18th Century Porcelain.

London: Albert Amor Limited May 1997. 24 x 18 cm. 36 pp. 36 superb pieces illustrated in colour, softcovers, in a very good condition. £10.00


20641. Albert Amor Limited: The Albrecht Collection The Japanese Influence on 18th Century English Porcelain.

London: Albert Amor Limited May 1988. 24 x 18 cm. 28 pp. 63 pieces illustrated in monochrome, softcovers, in a very good condition. £10.00


20637. Albert Amor Limited: The Palmer Collection of 18th Century Blue and White Worcester Porcelain.

London: Albert Amor Limited Oct. 2003. 24 x 18 cm. 56 pp illustrated in colour, softcovers, in a very good condition. Lovely photos. £15.00


20638. Albert Amor Limited: Worcester Porcelain. The First decade 1751-1761.

London: Albert Amor Limited June 1981. A Loan Exhibition. 24 x 18 cm. 30 pp 91 pieces illustrated in monochrome, softcovers, in a very good condition. £10.00


19962. Aldridge, Tim: Restoring Oil Paintings - A Practical Guide.

London: Bishopsgate Press Ltd, 1984. 80pp. List of Suppliers. Textured laminated card covers.. In very good condition. Useful reference book. £50.00


10555. Allen, Alistair & Hoverstadt, Joan: The History of Printed Scraps.

London: New Cavendish Books 1990. 29.5 by 21 cms. 175 pp. illustrated, soft covers, apart from a small crease to the lower corner of the rear cover in very good condition. Perhaps the best book on the subject. £15.00


20879. Archer, Michael: Irish Delftware An Exhibition of 18th century Irish Delftware at Castletown House Celbridge Co. Kildare.

Dublin: ROSC 1971. 23.5 x 21 cm. 71 pp. 123 illustrations, monochrome, softcovers, in good condition. £20.00


19954. Atterbury, Paul, editor, etc.: The Parian Phenomenon A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts.

Richard Dennis, The Old Chapel, Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, 1989. 268pp. 30.5 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w, Largely b&w. Very useful sections on the output of some factories, and marks. Bibliography. White-blocked black boards. In very good condition, in a very good dw. Unpackaged weight 1,210g. £75.00


20631. Avery, Tracey: The Enid Goldblatt Collection of Continental Porcelain :The Josephine & John Bowes Museum Barnard Castle County Durham.

County Durham Books 1996. 17.5 x 17 cm. 44 pp. illustrated in monochrome and colour, softcovers, in good condition. £8.00


19964. Bedford, John: Old Spode China.

London: Cassell, 1969. Collectors' Pieces 19. Reprint. 64 pp. 19 x 13 cm. Gold-blocked red boards. Name and address on front paste-down, in a price-cut dw. Illustrated in black and white. Some Spode marks. In good condition. £12.00


20789. Belfast Municipal Art Gallery and Museum.: Quarterly notes No. XXVI Objects connected with Tobacco Smoking &c (illustrated)

Belfast: Municipal Museum Publication 44. September 1914. 22 x 14 cm. 12 pp. illustrations, card covers, in good condition. Three of the illustrations are of workers and an oven at a Belfast pipe factory. £10.00


17140. Belfast Museum and Art Gallery: Exhibition of Historic Silver in Ulster. Catalogue of the Exhibits.

Belfast: Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, 1956. Publication No. 154. 36 pp. 21 x 15 cm. The catalogue of an 1956 exhibition. Ten illustrations. Printed card covers. The front cover is stained. One-page Supplement loosely inserted. A useful short survey of the subject. . £15.00


20908. Bennett, Douglas: The Company of Goldsmiths of Dublin 1637-1987.

Dublin: The Company of Goldsmiths 1987. 21 x 15 cm. 35 pp. illustrated, card covers, in good condition. £18.00


20979. Berthoud, Michael: Patterns of the Pattern Book Factory.

Bridgnorth: Micawber Publications 2002. 29.5 x 21 cm. Ceramic Bulletin no. 10, 21pp illustrated in colour, softcovers, in a white plastic spiral binding, in very good condition. Scarce £20.00


20706. Berthoud, Michael: Who Made Factory X? A Marked Service Explored

Bridgnorth: Micawber Publications 1998. 29.5 x 21 cm. Ceramic Bulletin no. 10, 5 pp. 36 illustrations in colour, softcovers, in a blaclk plastic spiral binding, in very good condition. Scarce £20.00


20679. Bibliotheque D.M.C.: Motifs pour Broderies 1re Serie.

Mulhouse: Editions Th. de Dillmont, no date c.1930's? 14 x 20.5 cm. 108 pp. illustrated in colour and monochrome. Text in French of course. Hardcovers, the rear cover is missing. owner's name and shop address on the title page, otherwise this is in good condition. The illustrations are very attractive. £15.00


6437. Boydell, Mary: Irish Glass.

Dublin: Eason & Son Ltd, 1976. The Irish Heritage Series 5. 24 pp. 25 x 15.5 cm. Forty-six illustrations in colour and b&w. A useful short survey of the subject. Pictorial card wrappers. Good condition. £5.00


15023. Breguet: The Breguet Collections 2006-2007.

Paris: Breguet, 2006. 17 by 24 pp. illustrated, hardcover, with a separate printed pricelist. In very good condition. Beautiful and expensive top-of-the-range watches. £15.00


19909. Bryant, Julius: London's Country House Collections.

London: Scala Books English Heritage1993. 28 x 19.5 cm. 144 pp. colour illustrations, gold blocked blue boards, in very good condition, in a v.g. dustwrapper. Covers Ranger's House, Chiswick House, Marble Hill House, The Iveagh Bequest Kenwood. £15.00


10817. Buckley, J. J: Some Irish Altar Plate.

Dublin: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 1943. A descriptive list of Chalices and Patens, dating from the Fourteenth to the end of the Seventeenth Century, now preserved in the National Museum and in certain Churches. 226 pp. with lxiv plates, hardback, no dustwrapper, as issued, in very good condition, an excellent copy of a now very scarce title. £100.00


20617. Bumpus, Bernard: Charlotte Rhead Potter and Designer.

London: Kevin Francis Publishing Ltd. first edition 1988. 21.5 x 15 cm. 107 pp. 45 illustrations in colour and monochrome, hardcover, in very good condition. The first book to be written on Rhead one of the most innovative pottery designers of the inter-war period £15.00


20643. Burton, Anthony: Josiah Wedgewood A Biography.

.London: Andre Deutsch 1976. 24 x 16 cm. 239 pp. illustrated, gold blocked burgundy boards, two small library stamps otherwise good. £12.00


10544. Christie's: Christies Monaco: Mobilier, Objets d'Art et Porcelaines Europennes, Lundi 20 Juin 1994.

Monaco: 1994. 264 pp. illustrated in colour, soft covers, in very good condition, text in French. Gorgeous furniture. £10.00


13033. Christies: Christies London: Dundas Masterpieces.

London: Christies Thursday 3 July 1997. 67 pp. illustrated, hardback in a very good dustwrapper, in very good condition. Auction catalogue of important English furniture from Dundas House, the property of the Marquess of Zetland. Armchairs, sofas designed by Adam, made by Chippendale. A valuable reference book. £15.00


19945. Collard, Frances: Regency Furniture.

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club reprinted 2000. 346 pp. 28 x 20.5cm. illustrations. Gold-blocked brown boards. In very good condition, in a vg dustwrapper. Unpackaged weight 1.8 kg, so additional charges may be necessary for postage. £25.00


20948. Crookshank, Anne and The Knight of Glin: The Painters of Ireland c.1660-1920.

London: Barrie & Jenkins second edition 1979. 30 x 21.5 cm. 304 pp. illustrated, gold blocked linen backed boards, in very good condition, in a very good, price clipped, dustwrapper, now considered a standard work. £45.00


18110. Crudgington, I.M. and D.J. Baker: The British Shotgun Volume One 1850-70.

Southampton: Ashford, Buchan & Enright, 1990. Second edition. 256 pp. 26.5 x 20.5 cm. Profusely illustrated. Gold-blocked brown boards, in very good condition, in a v.g. dustwrapper. Signed by Crudgington on the title page. Unpackaged weight 1,050g, so overseas shipping will require extra postage. £15.00


20070. D'Arcy, Eithne: Irish Crochet Lace Motifs collected and described by Eithne D'Arcy

Dublin: Dolmen Press 1984. 29.5 x 21 cm. 63 pp. Photogaphy by John - David Biggs. Softcover in very good condition. £10.00


20667. Degenhardt, Richard K: Belleek The Complete Collector's Guide and Illustrated Reference.

Pennsylvania: Wallace-Homestead 2nd edition 1993 31.5 x 23.5 cm.xii+244 pp. illustrated gold blocked green boards in good condition, in a good dustwrapper. Overseas buyers should note that this is a heavy book, 1.6 kilos, and overseas shipping will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us about shipping costs. £15.00


19282. Donald, Diana: Followers of Fashion Graphic Satires from the Georgian Period.

London: Hayward Gallery 2002. 84 pp. 22 x 22 cm. Illustrated, softcovers, in very good condition. £20.00


19955. Drury, Elizabeth, editor, etc.: Antiques Traditional techniques of the master craftsmen Furniture, glass, ceramics, gold, silve and much more.

London: Macmillan, 1986. 224pp. 27.5 x 21 cm. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. Index. Bibliography. Gold-blocked red boards. In very good condition, in a very good dw. Unpackaged weight 1,210g. £10.00


20926. Dudson, Audrey M.: Dudson A Family of Potters since 1800.

Stoke-on-Trent: Dudson Publications first published 1985 limited to 2000 copies. 25.5 x 19 cm. xiv+284 pp. illustrated, 25 colour plates, 91 monochrome plates, map, gold blocked red boards, in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper. The essential reference to a little known company founded in 1800. £15.00


20882. Dunlevy, Mairead: Ceramics in Ireland.

Dublin: Ard-Mhusaem Na hEireann National Museum of Ireland 1988 21 x 19 cm,. 38 pp. illustrated, softcovers, in good condition. £10.00


20698. Fox, Peter: Treasures of the Library Trinity College Dublin.

Published for the Library of Trinity College Dublin by the Royal Irish Academy 1986. 24.5 x 16 cm.258 pp. illustrated, softcovers. Enclosed are eight pages of handwriien notes for a book review, a tyed copt of that review is with the notes. It was by Gordon Wheeler, a librarian at Queen's University Belfast. £15.00


9469. Francis, Peter: A Pottery by the Lagan Irish Creamware from the Downshire Pottery Belfast 1787-c.1806.

Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies in association with the Ulster Museum, 2001. 83 pp. 26.5 x 21 cm. 23 coloured plates, and 23 figures. Map. Plans. Pictorial glazed card covers, in very good condition. The result of excavations on the site of one of the largest potteries built in Ireland. The Downshire pottery was set up to compete with Wedgewood, producing creamwares. Their pieces were unmarked but now pieces are being identified and the range of material continues to grow. Two of the pottery buildings survive in use which is also exciting. £12.00


20616. Gabszewicz, Anton and Roderick Jellicoe: Isleworth Porcelain

Kensington: Anton Gabszewicz & Roderick Jellicoe March 1998. 24 x 18.5 cm. 30 +9 pp. 45 illustrations in colour and monochrome, pictorial card covers, in very good condition. The Isleworth Works lasted from about 1766 to 1800 on the Thames at Isleworth. £25.00


10558. Gamage's: Mr. Gamage's Great Toy Bazaar 1902-1906.

London: Denys Ingram Publishers 1982. 28.5 x 23 cm. 160 pp. illustrated, introduction by Charlotte Parry-Crooke, hardback, very good in a v.g. dustwrapper. This is a selection from two rare and early Gamage's catalogues from 1902 and 1906. The Golden Age of Toys. £20.00


19942. Good, Richard: Keeping Time Collecting and Caring for Clocks.

London: British Museum Press 1985. 220 pp illustrated in monochrome, softcovers, in good condition. £12.00


12940. Hall, Major H. Byng: The Adventures of a Bric a Brac Hunter.

London: Tinsley Brothers 1868. vi+190 pp. In half leather and cloth boards, six panelled spine with raised bands, small gilt motifs in panels and original spine labels. A nice bright copy of a fairly scarce title. It describes his travels, as a Military Attache, around Europe in search of porcelain and other ceramics. It is really rather charming. £110.00


20938. Harding, A & N.: Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875 Book Four The Second Addendum.

Atglen Pa. Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2007.. 31 x 23.5 cm. 344 pp. illustated in colour, blue blocked black boards in very good condition in a slightly worn dustwrapper. The Standard Reference Books on this subject. This is an exceptionally heavy book, 2..4 kilos, unwrapped. Overseas customers should note that shipping will require extra postage costs and you should contact us for guidance on postage. (Shipping to the USA at present, 2024, would be around £45 for example ).This volume was an another addendum produced after the three earlier volumes when more examples were found. £55.00


20935. Harding, A & N.: Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875 Book One Portraits Naval & Military Theatical & Literary Characters.

Atglen Pa. Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1998. 31 x 23.5 cm. 416 pp. illustated in colour, blue blocked black boards in very good condition in a slightly worn dustwrapper. The Standard Reference Books on this subject. This is an exceptionally heavy book, 3 kilos, unwrapped. Overseas customers should note that shipping will require extra postage costs and you should contact us for guidance on postage. (Shipping to the USA at present, 2024, would be around £50 for example. £55.00


20937. Harding, A & N.: Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875 Book Three Portraits Military Theatrical Religious Hunters Pastoral Occupations Children wiuth Animals Dogs Animals Cottages Sport Miscellaneous.

Atglen Pa. Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2000.. 31 x 23.5 cm. 302 pp. illustated in colour, blue blocked black boards in very good condition in a slightly worn dustwrapper. The Standard Reference Books on this subject. This is an exceptionally heavy book, 2.2 kilos, unwrapped. Overseas customers should note that shipping will require extra postage costs and you should contact us for guidance on postage. (Shipping to the USA at present, 2024, would be around £45 for example.) This volume was an addendum produced after the two earlier volumes when more examples were found. £55.00


20936. Harding, A & N.: Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875 Book Two Religious Hunters Pastoral Occupations Children & Animals Dogs Animals Cottages & Castles Sport Miscellaneous

Atglen Pa. Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1998. 31 x 23.5 cm. 312 pp. illustated in colour, blue blocked black boards in very good condition in a slightly worn dustwrapper. The Standard Reference Books on this subject. This is an exceptionally heavy book, 2.3 kilos, unwrapped. Overseas customers should note that shipping will require extra postage costs and you should contact us for guidance on postage. (Shipping to the USA at present, 2024, would be around £45 for example.) £55.00


17755. Hayward, Helena: Thomas Johnson and English Rococo.

London: Alec Tiranti, 1964. viii + 45 pp. + 191 plates. 28.5 x 22 cm. Concordance. Index. Gold-blocked red boards, in very good condition, in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. Contains all Johnson's surviving furniture designs. £95.00


19953. Helliwell, Stephen: Understanding Antique Silver Plate.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd; 2000. Reprint. 230pp. 28 x 21.5cm. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w.. Very useful sections on marks. Bibliography. Gold-blocked gray boards. In very good condition, in a very good dw. Unpackaged weight 1,210g. £10.00


19946. Herrmann, Frank: The English as Collectors A Documentary Sourcebook.

Delaware, New Castle: Oak Knoll Press. Nottingham: The Plough Press 2002. 26 x 19 cm. xlviii+461 pp. 96 illustrations, gold blocked blue boards, there is small damage to the lower spine extremity and to the dustwrapper at the same place. Apart from that the book is in good condition. This is a heavy book and overseas shipping will require extra postage. £20.00


20977. Heskett, John: German Design 1870-1918.

New York Taplinger Publishing Company 1986. 24.5 x 23 cm. 160 pp. illustrated, gold blocked brown boards, in a v.g. dustwrapper. In very good condition £12.00


20680. Hillhouse, David: Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906 An Interim Report.

Metropolitan Borough of Wirral no date. Williamson Art Gallery and Museum. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. no pagination. (48) illustrated, soft covers, in very good condition. £18.00


20881. Hoggs: Hoggs the Gift House of Ulster.

Belfast: Hoggs no date, c1970's? 23 x 19 cm. Shop Catalogue, colour illustrated, 40 pp. softcovers, covering the range of glass and ceramics stocked by this famous, long gone establishment. £10.00


20980. Holgate, David: New Hall & Its Imitators

Cirencester: The Collectors' Book Club n.d. 25.5 x 16 cm. xv+112pp. 8 colour plates and 255 monochrome illustrations, gold blocked brown boards in a good but price clipped dustwrapper, in very good condition. £15.00


20621. Holloway Dr Chris and Felicity Marno: Caughley Toy Wares.

London: Dr Chris Holloway and Felicity Marno, 2001 Monographs on Caughley Porcelain Volume 1. 21 x 15 cm. 80 pp. illustrated largely in colour,glazed card covers, in very good condition near new. It seem to be scarce. Based on a loan exhibition helsd at Stockspring Antiques London Oct. 2001 £45.00


19281. Hoskins, Lesley: The Papered Wall The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper.

London: Thames and Hudson new and expanded edition 2005. 30 x 22 cm. 272 pp. 363 illustrations, softcovers, in very good condition. A heavy book, overseas postage may require extra shipping. £15.00


20909. Hughes, Bernard and Therle: Georgian Shoe Buckles.

Greater London Council1972. 20 x 21 cm. 15 pp. illustrated in monochrome. Illustrated from the Lady Mause Collection of Shoe Buckles at Kenwood. In very good condition. £15.00


20862. Jackson Stopes, Gervase, editor: National Trust Studies

London: Sotheby Parke Barnet 1980. 27 x 21.5 cm.160 pp. illustrated, gold blocked tan boards, very good in a v.g. dustwrapper. £12.00


12206. Jackson, Robert Wyse: Irish Silver.

Cork and Dublin: Mercier Press, 1972. 85 pp. illustrated, hardback, in a slightly worn, rubbed dustwrapper. Feep removed and a library withdrawn stamp on the half title, and another stamp on the acknowledgements page. Otherwise internally very fresh, a good copy overall. We don't usually offer ex-lib. stock but this classic work is increasingly uncommon. £35.00


19659. John Ross and Co. (Morgans): Auction Catalogue Castlewellan Castle County Down

Belfast: John Ross & Co. 1964. Catalogue of French and English antique furnishings, oil paintings, porcelain, English and Continental silver, Sheffield plate, tapestries and library. A three day auction 5th-7th Oct. 1964.14.5 x 18.5 cm. 62 pp. 25 illustrations in black and white, card covers, in very good condition. £23.00


19956. Johnson, Lorraine: How to Restore & Repair Practically Everything.

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. New edition. Fully Revised and Expanded. 192pp. 26.5 x 21 cm. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. Index. Suppliers' Index. Gold-blocked red boards. In very good condition, in a very good dw. Unpackaged weight 850g. £10.00


20922. Jones, David: The Edinburgh Cabinet and Chair Makers' Books of Prices 1805-25.

Cupar: Kirk Wynd Press 2000. 30.5 x 22 cm. 52+xv+128+xvii+294+xv+128+44+vi+68 pp. some contemporary plates in text, gilt blocked mustard coloured boards, in very good condition, in a good dustwrapper. This is a very heavy book, 2.9 kg. and overseas shipping will entail extra shipping costs. Please contact us for overseas shipment costs. £125.00


19952. Jones, Mark, editor, with Paul Craddock, Nicolas Barker, and 136 contributors.: Fake? The Art of Deception.

London: British Museum Publications Ltd; 1990. 312pp. 27.5 x 22cm. 335 illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Glazed card covers. In very good condition. Unpackaged weight 1,010g. £10.00


20863. Jurg, C. J. A.: Porcelain and the Dutch Chinese Trade.

The Hague:Martinus Nijhof 1982 30.5 x 21.5 cm.372 pp. illustrated, gold blocked black boards, very good in a good dustwrapper which has minor shelfwear to the bottom edge. Translated from the Dutch by by Patricia Wardleand first published as Porcelein als handelswaar, Groningen 1978. A comprehensive study. £125.00


19412. Kenyon, Gerald A: The Collection of Irish Furnitiure at Malahide Castle.

Dublin: pubished for G. A. Kenyon, 1994. 143pp. 21 x 14.5 cm. 62 monochrome illustrations. Pictorial glazed card covers. In very good condition. Scarce. A definitive study. £11.50


20626. Lake's Original Cornish Pottery: Lake's Original Cornish Pottery Truro.

no publishing details c. pre 1971. 25.5 x 19 cm. 6pp. 3 double sided loose inserts in a titled light card cover. Photos of 39 ceramic pieces from the pottery with a description of the piece and its price. Some prices are corrected upwards in ink. The prices are all pre-decimal so it must be before Feb. 1971. There are no order forms so there is no further information, and it is unclear if it is complete. The pottery was founded in 1872 and acquired by the Dartington Trust in 1973. A fire in 1975 brought it to an end in 1980. Famously Bernard Leach learned to make handles here from its two potters Barry Pascoe and Henry Venn. £12.00


20940. Larmour, Paul: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Ireland.

Belfast: Friar's Bush Press, 1992. viii + 232 pp. 28 x 21.5 cm. 267 illustrations and 44 colour plates. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Gold-blocked blue boards, in very good condition, in a very good, complete, dustwrapper. This book is acknowledged as one of the best treatments of the subject, but the book was never reprinted. £55.00


20663. Longfield, Ada K.: Guide to the Collection of Lace.

Dublin. Ard Mhuseam na hEireann, National Museum of Ireland 1970. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. 46 pp. 22 plates, softcovers, in good condition. £15.00


19905. MacQuoid, P and Edwards, R: The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period.

New York, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1983. Second revised edition, now as a Limited edition. Three-volume set, complete. Volume I : ACA-CHA 350pp, 17 colour plates + text figures throughout. Volume II : CHE-MUT, 384pp, 13 colour plates + text figures throughout. Volume III : NAI-ZUC, 376pp, 13 colour plates + text figures throughout. Laminated boards. No dust jackets. Almost as new. Total unpackaged weight 4,800g, so may require extra postage charges particularly overseas. The Dictionary of English Furniture from the middle ages to the late Georgian period by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, originally published 1924 - 27 and second, revised, edition 1954, by Country Life Ltd. This edition revised and enlarged by Ralph Edwards. £100.00


10590. Mallett: Mallett A Gold Service.

London: Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd n.d. c. 1995. 28 pp. illustrated in colour, a.e.g. hardback. A catalogue of a 110 piece service in 18 carat gold which was then being offered for sale. £25.00


19940. Manchip, David: Artists and Craftsmen of the 19th century Derby China Factory.

Ashbourne: Landmark Collector's Library 2004 30.5 x 21.5 cm. 192 pp. illustrated, gold blocked redboards, in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper. This is a heavy book and overseas shipping will incur extra postage charges. £10.00


20707. McCrum, S: The Belleek Pottery.

Belfast: Ulster Museum 1973. Publication 188. 19 x 25.5 cm. 64pp. 19 plates, signed and dated by the author on the ffep, softcovers, in very good condition.. £15.00


10596. Midland Bank & Spink & Son: The Development of English Coinage Elizabeth I - Elizabeth II.

London: Midland Bank & Spink & Son August 1963. 17.5 by 20 cms. 32 pp. illustrated, card covers, covers a little dusty, one small mark where a price label has been removed, otherwise in good condition. £6.00


20622. Milbourn, Maurice and Evelyn: Understanding Miniature British Pottery and Porcelain 1730-present day.

Suffolk: Antique Collectors Club 1983. 21.5 x 14 cm. 183 pp illustrated, gold blocked burgundy boards, in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper. £10.00


20662. Miller, Christy: The Bryant and May Museum of Fire-Making Appliances Catalogue of the Exhibits and Supplement.

London Bryant & May Ltd. 1926 and 1928. Two volumes. 20.5 x 13 cm. Vol. 1 Catalogue of the Exhibits viii+255 pp. illustrations. Vol 2 Supplement, viii+pp 257-331, illustrations, (429 illustrations in total) There has been a little light water staining to the boards of both vols.and a small bit of foreedge spotting but this does not affect the text or illustrations of the volumes. In good condition. An encyclopaedic study up to 1928. £120.00


20736. Mitchell, Stephen: The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and early crossed-batons useful wares 1770-c.1790.First Supplement.

London: SGM Books 2009 Chapter IX A Sevres-style mark, the "Dot Rose" painter and Fidelle Duvivier: outside decorators located in Derby c.1768-c1773? 27.5 x 22.5 cm. xii+61pp. illustrated and with a CD in a plastic sleeve attached to the rear of the rear cover, Illustrated card covers, From the library of Geoffrey Godden and with his bookplate. There is also a postcard from the author, dated 5.6.09 thanking Mr Godden for his assistance . In very good condition. Scarce. This supplement added an extra chapter to the original book, and a second Supplement was to follow. £150.00


20644. Moorcroft: Moorcroft Giftware & Table Lamps 1995.

Soke on Trent: W. Moorcroft 1995. 14.5 x 21 cm. 36 pp. illustrated in colour, softcovers in very good condition. £10.00


20025. Neligan, Agnes editor: Maynooth Library Treasures from the collections of St. Patrick's College.

London: The British Library 1994. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. ix+326 pp. illustrated, gold blocked burgundy boards, in very good condition in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. £15.00


19951. Newman, Harold: An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass.

London: Thames Ltd; 1987. 351pp. 25 x 17cm. "625 illustrations, 17 in colour ". Glazed card covers. In very good condition. Unpackaged weight 1,010g. £10.00


19862. Partridge Fine Art Ltd.: Meissen: "Birds, Beasts and Chinamen" From American and Luxembbourg Collections.

London: Partridge Fine Art Ltd 2006. Exhibition Sale Catalogue. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. 95 pp. c.100 colour illustrations with text, gilt blocked green card covers, in very good condition. This is a beautifully illustrated and produced catalogue with photographs of the finest quality, ravishing pocelain. £18.00


20534. Peat, Alan: Midwinter A Collectors' Guide.

Moffat: Cameron & Hollis. 1992. Foreword by Sir Terence Conran.24.5 x 15.5 cm. 96 pp.monochrome illustrations, softcovers in good condition £12.00


20593. Penelope: Jacobean Crewel Work

Manchester:Wm Briggs & Co. n.d. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. 36 pp. illustrated in colour, soft covers, minor wear, in good condition. £20.00


19948. Phillips, Phoebe, editor: The Encyclopedia of Glass.

London: William Heinemann, Ltd; 1981. 320pp. 28.5 x 22cm. " illustrated throughout in colour and black-and-white, with over 400 pictures and line illustrations". Bibliography. Index. Gold-blocked navy boards. In very good condition, in a very good dw. Unpackaged weight 1,650g. £19.50


20594. Reynolds, Mairead: Early Belleek Wares.

Dublin: National Museum of Ireland 1978. 23 x 21 cm. 22 pp. 22 monochrome illustrations, softcovers. in very good condition. £15.00


19944. Rice, Dennis G.: Derby Porcelain The Golden Years 1750 - 1770.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1983. 216 pp. 29.5 x 20.5cm. 150monochrome illustrations. Gold-blocked red boards. In very good condition, in a vg dustwrapper. Unpackaged weight 1 kg, so additional charges may be necessary for postage. £12.00


20910. Rice, Paul and Christopher Gowing: British Studio Ceramics in the Twentieth Century.

Radnor Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. 254 pp. illustrated, gold blocked blue boards in very good condition, in a v.g. dustwrapper. £20.00


20624. Roberts, Gaye Blake: Mason's The First Two Hundred Years.

London: Merrell Holberton, no date. 24 x 18.5 cm. 128 pp illustrated, softcovers, in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper. £10.00


20623. Roberts, Gaye Blake: Mason's The First Two Hundred Years.

London: Merrell Holberton, no date. 24 x 18.5 cm. 128 pp illustrated, softcovers, in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper. £10.00


20920. Rumsby, Jill: Victorian Relief Moulded Jugs

London: Richard Dennis 1987. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. 47 pp. 245 jugs illustrated in monochrome. Soft covers. An Exhibition catalogue, 3-23 Dec.1987. Useful reference material. £15.00


19961. Savage, George: The Art and Antique Restorers' Handbook A Dictionary of Materials and Processes used in the Restoation and Preservation of All Kinds of Works of Art..

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. Revised Edition. (vi) + 142pp. Index. Gold-blocked black boards. Trimmed dw, o/w in good condition. Useful reference book. £15.00


20298. Scott, Rosemary E.: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art a guide to the collection.

London: School of Oriental and African Studies1989. 26 x 18.5 cm.112 pp.114 illustrations mostly in colour, softcovers, in very good condition £20.00


20880. Seaby, Wilfred A.: James Wilson Clockmaker of Belfast.

Ulster Museum Department of Local History June 1983. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. pp.133-155, 18 illustrations, in very good condition. £15.00


12349. Semple, Miss: The Costume of The Netherlands Displayed in Thirty Coloured Engravings after Drawings from Nature by Mrs Semple with descriptions in English and French.

London: Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1817. 30 pp. + 24 acquatint hand-coloured prints of Dutch costume, out of 30 called for. 37 x 26.5 cm. The date of publication on most of the drawings is January 1st 1817: on the titlepage, and on drawings 4 and 7, March 1st 1817. The engraved titlepage incorporates a coloured vignette of five figures in a coastal scene, including a fisherman with his nets, a gentleman conversing with a lady, and a square-rigged boat. The engraver is W Bartlett. A page then notes "The following Drawings, being correct representations of the Costumes of the Netherlands, (each subject having been sketched from Nature) may be found interesting at this time when British valour has made that part of the continent familiar to the Public." Miss Semple seems to have known the country and its inhabitants, and seems to have had little trouble in getting them to pose for her. Her brief descriptions of the illustrations are a joy, full of wit and acute observation and understanding, and are given in English and French. In a contemporary dark-green leather binding with six panelled spine with raised bands, and very extensive gilt decorative detailing to boards and spine. Internally dusty, with some spotting and light fingering to foreedge of plates. Henry Manley's copy, with the name written neatly on the titlepage, and the date 1824. The six plates that have been removed are numbers 12, 14, 16, 17, 25, and 28. £750.00


20984. Smith, Alan: Liverpool Pottery.

City of Liverpool Museums n.d. 1963 (?) 18x12.5 cm. 74 pp.33 monochrome and 7 colour illustrations, residual old label mark on front cover, softcovers, in good condition £10.00


20515. Sweeney, Tony: Irish Stuart Silver Catalogue Raisonne.

Dublin: by Eamon de Burca 1995. This edition is strictly limited to 400 numbered & signed copies of which 360 are being offered for sale. Number 233, signed. 32 x 22 cm. 272 pp. 19 illustrations, gold blocked green boards, in an unclipped dustwrapper. The dustwrapper spine iis a little sun-faded otherwise in very good condition. "A short descriptive catalogue of surviving Irish Church, Civic, Ceremonial, & Domestic Plate dating from the Reigns of James I, Charles I, The Commonwealth, Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, and Queen Anne. !603-1714." This edition is scarce. £200.00


17145. Taggart, Rose E.: The Frank and Harriet Burnap Collection of English Pottery in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery.

Kansas City: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1967. Revised and enlarged edition. 219 (4) pp. 28 x 22 cm. Profusely illustated in colour and monochrome. Printed white on blue card covers, in a good but slightly edge-rubbed pictorial dustwrapper. A very useful study collection, making a good reference book. £15.00


10570. Tait, Hugh: Clocks in the British Museum.

London: Published by the Trustees of the British Museum. 55 pp. +58 plates. card covers, in good condition. Weight driven Frame Clocks, Spring driven Frame Clocks, Spring driven Plated Clocks and Clocks with Pendulums. £8.00


20983. The Council of Industrial Design: New Home.

London: The Council of Industrial Design 1946. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 32 pp. illustrated, softcovers, A guide to the new Utility furniture with great photographs. Wartime Rationing is still there and there are two pages showing the rationing points needed to buy particular pieces. As a child I recall the pleasure my mother had when rationing was ended and she ceremonially burned the last ration cards. Many of these pieces are now quite collectible. £12.00


19349. Trench, Lucy, editor: Materials & Techniques in the Decorative Arts An Illustrated Dictionary.

London: John Murray, 2000. ix + 571 pp. 23 x 15 cm. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. Bibliography. Pictorial matt card covers. In verygood condition. Unpackaged weight 1,000g, and overseas shipping may incur extra postage. £10.00


19916. Twitchett, John: Derby Porcelain.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. 319 pp. 30.5 x 21cm. 79 colour illustrations. 400 b&w illustrations. Gold-blocked blue boards. Index. Unpackaged weight 1,500g, so additional charges may be necessary for postage. £10.00


10532. Veteran Machines: Veteran Machines No 1 Nov.-Dec. 1974 No.2. Spring 1975.

Maidstone. Grade Magazines 1974-75. 2 issues of this magazine, 16 pp. and 16 pp. illustrated, paper covers, in very good condition. Articles on Talking Machines, Sewing Machines, an organ, a Victorian factory Bradbury's of Oldham. £10.00


17316. Wallwitz, Angela Grafin von: Celebrating Kaendler 1706-1775 Meissen Porcelain Sculpture.

Munchen: Angela Grafin Von Wallwitz, 2006. 216 pp. 28.5 x 22 cm. A profusely-illustrated catalogue. Green- and white-printed black boards, no dw, as issued. Some minor wear to boards, otherwise in very good condition. The text is in parallel German and English. £30.00


20668. Watney, Bernard M.: Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century.

Somerset: Ricard Dennis 1997 30.5 x 23 cm. 163 pp. illustrated, maps, plans, gold blocked black boards in good condition, in a good dustwrapper which has a protective sleeve. Overseas buyers should note that this is a heavy book, 1.2 kilos, and overseas shipping will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us about shipping costs. £15.00


20883. Weinstein, Jay: A Collectors' Guide to Judaica.

London: Thames and Hudson 1985. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. 240 pp. 352 illustrations, 32 in colour, gilt blocked black boards, very good in a good dustwrapper. £15.00


10160. Westropp, Dudley: Irish Glass An Account of Glass-Making in Ireland from the XVIth Century to the Present Day.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 206 pp. 28 x 22 cm. "Illustrated with reproductions of 188 typical pieces of Irish glass and 220 patterns and designs." An indispensable reference work for anyone interested in Irish glass, or, indeed, early glass in general. A very handsome book in gold-blocked red boards. £20.00


20861. Westropp, M.S.D.: General Guide to the Art Collections Pottery and Porcelain Irish Pottery and Porcelain.

Dublin: Stationary Office 1935. Fo Ard Mhusaeum na H-Eireann, National Museum of Ireland. 24.5 x 10.5 cm. 43 pp. 13 plates, soft covers, signed by the author on the title page. Showing a litle wear otherwise good. An important ealy study. £15.00


19947. Williams, Joan: The Silver of the University of Glasgow.

Glasgow University of Glasgow 1990. 29 x 21 cm. 48 pp. illustrations, softcovers, inscibed by the author to rear of title page. In very good condition. £10.00


19966. Williams, Nigel: Porcelain Repair and Restoration.

London: British Museum Publications Limited, 1983. A Colonnade Book. 144 pp. 24 x 17 cm. "53 illustrations and 8 line-drawings". Pictorial glazed card covers. Illustrated in black and white. Reading list. Index. In good condition. A very useful, practical, guide. £12.00


19963. Wilson, Duncan, Director, et al.: Somerset House The building & collections.

London: The British Art Journal, 2001. 144pp. Glazed card covers. Illustrated in colour and b&w. In very good condition. £10.00


15914. Young, Derek: Coin Catalogue of Ireland 1928-1967.

Dublin: Stagecast Publications, 1968. Coin Record Series 1. Second edition. 44 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Illustrated. Covers dusty, otherwise good. Scarce. £20.00

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