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PREHISTORIC POTTERY FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
Written by Alex Gibson; Ann Woods.
Stock no. 1827629
Published by Leicester University Press. 2nd 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, revised and updated. A thorough survey of the chronological development of pottery throughout prehistory and into the Roman period. Light green pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071851954X. Minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POTTERY
Written by Bernard Rackham.
Stock no. 1827626
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The wares forming the subject of this book are the product of a handicraft from which can be traced a great English industry of modern times. The noble English medieval pottery is fully described and displayed. Brown cloth boards, blue title block with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. Third impression. Boards nice and clean. Endpapers heavily browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a little scuffed.

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RUSHDEN: THE EARLY FINE WARES
Written by P.J. Woods; B.C. Hastings; K. Brown.
Stock no. 1827533
Published by Northamptonshire County Council. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

The pottery discovered during the contruction of playing fields at a Rushden school which proved to be manufactured at the site in the early Roman period. This pottery associated with the Roman military conquest of the area, displays an exceptional range of forms and decoration, and represents the achievements of potters whose inspiration derived from various European ceramic traditions. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947590005. Covers a little scuffed, contents clean.

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COLLARED URNS OF THE BRONZE AGE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by Ian H. Longworth.
Stock no. 1827528
Published by Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. This catalogue will serve as a reference book for all concerned with the prehistory of Britain and Ireland, while the discussion of the urns and their prehistoric context sets a firm foundation for the understanding of the Bronze Age. Large format. Brown cloth boards, black title block to spine with gilt title. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0521085969. Text block lightly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and is lightly faded to spine.

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THE POTTERY KILNS OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Vivien G. Swan.
Stock no. 1827521
Published by HMSO. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments Supplementary Series 5. A comprehensive study of the kilns and kiln sites in their historical and geographical setting drawing on a wide range of evidence, both British and Continental. Includes a full gazetteer in microfiche of all known kilns and kiln sites in Roman Britain, loosely inserted in envelope to rear. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0117012033. Spine lightly faded. Light scuffing to rear cover. Minor mark to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy. Microfiche present.

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PATTERNS OF LABOUR: WORK AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE POTTERY INDUSTRY
Written by Richard Whipp.
Stock no. 1826830
Published by Routledge. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Exploring the interaction between home, paid work, and the individual. The author looks at the far-reaching effects on one industry of industrialisation, economic transformation, notions of gender, and unionisation. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0415030765. Some light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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THE RICH DESIGNS OF CLARICE CLIFF
Written by Richard Green; Des Jones.
Stock no. 1826335
Published by Rich Designs. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The best of the "Bizarre" years. Every single one of Clarice Cliff's finest designed illustrated in colour. Large format. ISBN: 0952635410. Top of spine bumped. Glue which binds the free front endpapers to the contents has dried out and therefore the endpapers are unstuck inside the front hinge. Otherwise, contents clean and bright. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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POTTERY AND ITS MAKING
Written by John Thomas. Illustrated by Mary Sikes.
Stock no. 1826112
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 71. Pictorial paper covers. Lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Covers lightly browned. Lower corner of book has minor crease throughout. A very nice copy.

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SEARCHING FOR BEAUTY: LETTERS FROM A COLLECTOR TO A STUDIO POTTER
Written by Richard Jacobs.
Stock no. 1825566
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In these forty letters from a collector to a studio potter, Richard Jacobs attempts two momentous revisions to the spirit of the times. The first is a reinsatement of the word 'beauty' as a meaningful and unapologetic description in our daily lives... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 095488406X. A lovely copy.

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POTTERY AND ITS MAKING
Written by John Thomas. Illustrated by Mary Sikes.
Stock no. 1323707
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 71. Pictorial paper covers. Lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Small hole to top staple at rear cover. Publisher's 'new' price sticker to inside front cover (stating 2/-). Contents clean.

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THE POTTER'S BRUSH: THE KENZAN STYLE IN JAPANESE CERAMICS
Written by Richard L. Wilson; Saeko Ogasawara.
Stock no. 2140811
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour photos. Produced to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Freer Gallery of Art. ISBN: 1858941571. A few light marks to covers. Contents are fine!

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THE RURAL INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES III
Written by Helen E. Fitzrandolph; M. Doriel Hay.
Stock no. 1823394
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1978. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Vol 3: Decorative Crafts and Rural Potteries. Facsimile reprint, first published 1927 by Oxford University Press. Brown Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715812556. Light browning to endpapers else contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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