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MEDIEVAL CERAMIC STUDIES IN ENGLAND
Written by Maureen Mellor.
Stock no. 1831568
Published by English Heritage. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

A review for English Heritage. This review assesses the health of medieval pottery studies in terms of available resources and academic strength: identifies those areas where significant progress has been made, and contributes to the discussion on those steps necessary to ensure the continuing health and development of the study of medieval pottery in academic progress, staff training, career development, and the efficient use of financial and other resources. Large format. Blue cardwraps. vii and 76 pages. ISBN: 1850744831. Covers are scuffed. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
Written by Mary Payton; Geoffrey Payton.
Stock no. 1331356
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1977. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book 51. Small format. Blue boards, blue titles. Illustrated in line and half-tone with eight pages of colour plates. ISBN: 0723215189. Endpapers are very lightly (and only partly) browned. Else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price label above) and is lightly browned.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
Written by Mary Payton; Geoffrey Payton.
Stock no. 1831346
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer book 51. Small format. Blue boards, blue titles. Illustrated in line and half-tone with eight pages of colour plates. ISBN: 0723215189. Light vertical reading wear crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned (as is usual) and red title to spine has faded to orange (again, a common problem).

CLARICE CLIFF
Written by Lynn Knight.
Stock no. 1830531
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An insightful biography of one of the most prominent ceramic designers of the twentieth century. Black boards, green foil title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9780747578284. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

ARTS & CRAFTS
Written by Judith Miller.
Stock no. 1830183
Published by Miller's. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An elegant and informative guide for all those who want to know more about this hugely influential movement. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colourful endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 239 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845339432. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at top of spine and lightly scuffed, small closed tear to lower corner of rear panel (no loss).

THE POWER OF DOGU: CERAMIC FIGURES FROM ANCIENT JAPAN
Written by Simon Kaner; et al.
Stock no. 1827713
Published by British Museum Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Mueseum from 10 September to 22 November 2009. Dogu - abstract clay figures with recognizably human or animal features - have a long and fascinating history in Japan. This book illustrates 67 Dogu. Edited by Kaner. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714124643. Light fading horizontally to top of rear cover. Contents fine.

BURNT OFFERINGS: JASON WASON
Written by Anthony Fagin. Illustrated by Jason Wason.
Stock no. 2136612
Published by Pangolin London. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. From the exhibition January 13th - 27th February 2010. Light wear to cover corners and edges.

SILK & STONE THE ART OF ASIA
Written by George Michell; Robert Hillenbrand; et al.
Stock no. 2117268
Published by Hali Publications Limited. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. The Third Hali Annual. Looks at Persian and Indian painting, Chinese Jade, silks and ceramics, Mughal carpets and Indonesian gold among other things. ISBN: 1898113203.

THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST
Written by William Bowyer Honey.
Stock no. 2117061
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Peach/Orange cloth with gilt titles; vignette to front cover. 3 colour plates. Numerous b/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fade patches to spine and a couple of cover edges. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is faded to spine with tears and loss to edges; creased with some grubby marks.

ANTIQUE ART ON THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA COAST
Written by G. Sokolov.
Stock no. 1606729
Published by Aurora Art Publishers. 1974. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Architecture: Sculpture: Painting: Applied Arts. B/w and colour photos. Cloth at board edges is browned and lightly worn. Endpapers foxed, some foxing to contents. Wrapper is browned and edge creased with some small tears and lifting of laminate.

LUDWIGSBURGER PORZELLANFIGUREN
Written by Hans Christ.
Stock no. 584309
Published by Anstalt. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Beige cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 162 abbildungen in kupfertiefdruck. Text in GERMAN. Small mark to top of front cover. Contents very good indeed.

ENGINEERING WITH CERAMICS 2
Written by R. Freer; S. Newsam; G. Syers.
Stock no. 562870
Published by The Institute Of Ceramics. 1st 1987. Fine condition.

British Cereamic Proceedings No. 39 (December 1987). The papers contained in this thirty-ninth volume of the Institute's Proceedings were presented at a meeting of the Basic Science Section held at The Royal Aeronautical Society, London 17-19th December, 1986. Blue glazed boards. B/w photos.