French Porcelain Of The 18Th Century by W. B. Honey - 1950

Faber & Faber, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 78 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with colour plate to page 32. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1950. 4 delightful colour plates, 96 monochrome plates. Faded original blue cloth with gilt lettering in red spine panel. Rubbed edges of spine and boards. Pages loose from the binding. FEP partly detached from page block. Library plate on front inside cover. Library stamps on prelims and pages 25, 67 (with no obstruction of text). Text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout.. First Edition. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd.. Shows the marks and pictures examples. A nice reference. The author was keeper of ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . VG-. Cloth Hardback/light Fade. 1st Edition.. 1950.

Faber & Faber, London, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by author, foreword to the second edition, again by author, list of plates, acknowledgements, introduction by author, marks, bibliography and index. Colour photographic frontispiece, showing a lidded jug from approximately 1755-60. The text is illustrated with 95 pages of black-and-white photographs – at the rear of the book. Bright blue coloured cloth covered boards red coloured insert to the back strip and within the insert and to the back strip gilt coloured titles. This book was first published in 1950. A look at French porcelain in the 18th century. This book is an ex-library book and has the faults of same: – numerous library stamps are present, but have been covered over using a black coloured marker, including the top and rear text block edges. Remnants of tape can be seen to the endpages and there is softening… Read More

Faber & Faber Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 72 pages, index and 96 plates in black and white. Beautiful copy. Very good in very good, illustrated color clipped dust jacket.

HONEY, W.B. FRENCH PORCELAIN OF THE 18TH CENTURY. London: Faber and Faber, (1950). 4to. Cloth. xvi, 80 pages, plates. First edition. An ex-library copy.

New York Pitman Publishing. Good/Unknown. Small quarto, hardcover, VG ex library copy with white pictorial dj in mylar. Color frontis of Mennecy from 18th C. very beautiful pitcher in white with floral design. 78 pages followed by 96 black and white plates. Porcelain is among the most sought after of all ceramic wares especially the incomparable earlier French soft-pastes of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Mennecy and Vincennes.

Faber and Faber, London, 1950. 8vo, 78pp, illustrated. A very good hardback copy in edge worn, chipped dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber. Used - Very Good. 1950. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. xv & 78 pp & 96 monochrome plates. Includes 4 color plates. Some shelf wear, chipping, and creasing to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Antiques & Collectibles).

London: Faber, 1950. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 16cm), xv, 78pp. 4 colour plates, 96pp b&w plates. Original blue cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. Minor foxing to the edges of the text block, else this book is in very good condition.