Ceramics - by Glenn Nelson Third Edition Titiled "Ceramics A Pottery's Handbook" by Glenn C. Nelson. Nice reference book for the student potter as well as the collector of pottery. Many black and white photos - some color photos. Pottery works, in part, by: Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew, Harry Davis, Lucie Rie, Guido Gambone, Robineau, Volkous,Arthur Baggs, and many more. Potters's works from Denmark, Holland, Italy, England, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan, Canada, and the U.S.. Nice Glossary of ceramic terms at the back. Paperback - 348 pages - 10" x 8" - Holt, Rinehart and Winston - 1971 - author's name on front inside page - 2 pages with highlighting - overall good condition. (BkNelson3)
Circa: 1971
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston  

Coors Rosebud Pottery "Coors Rosebud Pottery 1st Edition," Robert Schneider. Busch-Waugh-Harry Publications 1984. 5 ½ x 8 ½ softbound on glossy paper; 149 pages. Black & white and color illustrations arranged by shape. History of the company, description of pieces and their uses and catalog illustrations. Very readable. Excellent condition. (BkGjgcoors)

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Circa: 1984
Publisher: Busch-Waugh-Harry Publications  

Scandinavia Ceramics & Glass in the Twentieth Century Scandinavia Ceramics & Glass in the 20th Century, Jennifer Opie. Published by Rizzoli, NY, 1990. 9 x 11 softbound. The book features an exhibit of Scandinavian glass at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Profusely illustrated, mostly black & white, some color, 183 pages. Excellent condition. (Bksc)


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Circa: 1990
Publisher: Rizzoli  

Ceramics - by Glenn Nelson Second Edition Titiled "Ceramics A Pottery's Handbook" by Glenn C. Nelson. Nice reference book for the student potter as well as the collector of pottery. Many black and white photos - some color photos. Pottery works, in part, by: Paul Bogatay Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew, Harry Davis, Lucie Rie, Guido Gambone, Volkous, Maija Grotell, and many more. Potters's works from Denmark, Holland, Italy, England, Sweden, Finland, Japan, and the U.S.
Nice Glossary of ceramic terms at the back. Paperback - 330 pages - 9 1/2" x 7" - Holt, Rinehart and Winston - 1966 - covers worn but inside is in good overall condition. (BkNelson2)

Circa: 1966
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston  

Zanesville Stoneware Company book This is the first real book on the Zanesville Stoneware Company - sometimes known as ZSC or Old Pot Shop. Written by Jon Rans, Glenn Ralston and Nate Russell, this 271 page hard back book is chock full of glaze and shape information. Published by Collector Books, 2002. Lots of original catalog pages, company history, marks, and of course, just tons of color photographs!

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Circa: 2002
Publisher: Collector Books  

American Art Pottery book by Sigafoose American Art Pottery by Dick Sigafoose - Another relatively new, terrific, hard back book on the market. At least half of the items are tile, contrary to the title of the book. Very different than "American Art Tile", as the author had different collecting interests. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money, buy this as your "first" American art tile book! 272 pages, published by Collector Books in 1998.

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Circa: 1998
Publisher: Collector Books  

The New Keramic Gallery by Chaffers This lovely hard bound book has a green cloth and gilt cover. Written by William Chaffers and revised and edited by HM Cundall, 1926, this is Volume I of a two volume set. Published in London by Reeves and Turner. The book says it contains seven hundred illustrations of rare, curious and choice examples of Pottery and Porcelain from early times to the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There is wear to the covers, tears on the side of the cover, has the past owners sticker on the inside cover, some pages have become separated the text is very clean. A lovely and very usable reference book for the pottery collector, with the added bonus of being attractive to display.

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Circa: 1926
Publisher: Reeves and Turner  

Flow Blue China book by Petra Williams Outstanding reference book on Flow Blue china, from about 1835 - 1910. Pages show a color photo of a piece, with its proper name, maker, a detailed description of the scene, marks on the piece, and the date made. Ms. Williams groups the patterns by scene type, such as the "Oriental" and "Floral" categories. Nice index of patterns in the back. Hardback - 9" x 6" - in gently used condition. Pub. 1981, Fountain House East, Jeffersontown, KY, this is the "revised edition", 223 pages.

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Circa: 1981
Publisher: Fountain House East  

Roseville Art Pottery in Color - book by Purviance Roseville Art Pottery in Color, Purviance and Schneider. Wallace-Homestead 1970. Out of print; 48pages on board, 24 color plates. Spiral bound. Examples of Woodland, Aztec, Rozane, Chloron, Florentine, Tourmaline, Cosmos, Columbine, Bushberry, Foxglove, Zephyr plus many others are illustrated. Separate 1970 price guide. Owners name on title page , top of page 1 and on price guide. Front cover has 2 small spots and darker area left corner from sticker.

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Circa: 1970
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead  

American Art Pottery Price Guide Fully titled "The American Art Pottery Price Guide Ohio Pottery: Roseville, Weller, Owens, Clewell & Cowan" - this hard cover book was published in 1999 by Treadway Gallery Inc. There are 236 pages of auction results, from 1990 - 2000. This is an invaluable art pottery reference book. Many, many lines of Roseville pottery are featured here - such as Futura, Water lily, Topeco, Moderne, Dahlrose, Sunflower, and on and on! There are over 150 pages of Weller pieces and their prices. All photos are black and white. This is in new, unused condition.

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Circa: 1999
Publisher: Treadway Gallery  

Flow Blue China II book by Petra Williams Outstanding reference book on Flow Blue china, from about 1835 - 1910. It is the second book on this subject and has different patterns than shown in her first book. Pages show a color photo of a piece, with its proper name, maker, a detailed description of the scene, marks on the piece, and the date made. Ms. Williams groups the patterns by scene type, such as the "Oriental" and "Floral" categories. Nice index of patterns in the back. Hardback - 9" x 6" - in gently used condition. Pub. 1988, Fountain House East, Jeffersontown, KY, this is the "revised edition", 290 pages.

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Circa: 1988
Publisher: Fountain House East  

California Kilns catalog from the Anaheim Museum This 8 ½ x 11 booklet contains 12 pages discussing Kay Finch, Brayton Laguna Pottery, Sascha Brastoff, and Vernon Kilns. This is from a show at the Anaheim Museum, August 24 November 23, 1994. There is an introduction page written by Devin T. Frick, curator of the exhibition. 15 black/white photos and text on each of the above pottery companies. This was a limited edition of 300. Minor wear and a slight bending to a portion of the covers. Interior very good.

keywords: antique collectible reference pottery porcelain book
Circa: 1994
Publisher: Anaheim Museum  

Bennington Pottery and Porcelain - book by Barret Author: Richard Carter Barret. This 392 page, 8 ½" x 11" hardback illustrates over 2000 items authenticated as Bennington Pottery pieces. The front flyleaf features an author signed note to the first owner of the book. The dust jacket is in poor condition. Some yellowing of pages and edges is evident. The binding is intact, pages are clean and unmarked. The black and white photos are wonderful. Out of print. Crown Publishers, 1958.

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Circa: 1958
Publisher: Crown Publishing  

American Belleek Reference Book American Belleek, by Mary Frank Gaston. Collector books, 1984. Hardbound 8 ¾ x 11 ¾.
127 pgs. Out of print. Brief histories of 14 companies manufacturing American Belleek followed by pages and pages of color illustrations of their wares. Examples are illustrated from all of the best known companies including American Art China, Ceramic Art Co., Belleek, Knowles Taylor & Knowles, Lenox, Ott & Brewer, etc. Excellent condition. Inside front cover written in ink " 6/30/85 - To Mabel, Happy Lotus Ware hunting From Helen & Warren."

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Circa: 1984
Publisher: Collector books  

Morton Potteries : 99 Years Vol II Morton Potteries : 99 Years Vol II. Doris and Burdell Hall. L-W Book Sales, 1996, out of print. 8 ½ x 11 softbound, 272 pp. Color plates and catalog reprints. Brief histories and photos of wares of Rapp Bros. Brick and Tile Co., Cliftwood Art Potteries, Midwest Potteries, American Art Potteries and Morton Pottery Co. Excellent condition with small white mark on cover from remains of price label.

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Circa: 1996
Publisher: L-W Book Sales