Garner, F. H. — English Delftware

New York, D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc, 1948. Hardbound. Red cloth with blue title block with gilt letters on spine, blue & bw illustrated dust jacket. xii, 44 pp. followed by over 100 bw plates, 3 color plates within text. The pioneering and still standard study of the topic, here presented in its original edition, including 3 color plates. "The whole range of the English tin-glazed pottery known as Defltware, beginning with the seventeenth century polychrome wares in the Italian fashion -- the drug-pots, the blue-dash-chargers, and the beautifully simple mugs and wine bottles, and including those loate potteries modeled after Dutch ware and Chinese porcelain, are covered in this outstanding reference work. A nice copy in a not-so-nice dust jacket. G (Book has aged overall; dj has soiling and substantial wear with some missing material.) .