Staffordshire Portrait Figures - John Hall

Signed by the Author John Hall. Also enclosed is a Compliment Slip from Author to customer also signed by Author

Staffordshire Portrait Figures - John Hall

Hardcover, SBN 850970504
Publisher: New York: The World Publishing Company-, 1972 first edition

Condition: Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some limited signs of edge wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover. 

With 80 pages and 61 coloured plates, an excellent introduction to the collecting of Staffordshire Portrait Figures.

Next to being able to handle a particular piece, looking at a colour plate of it is the best way of learning to identify and appreciate Staffordshire portrait figures. The colour plates in this book are intended for just such a purpose, and the wide range of pieces included, together with the detailed and illuminating captions, make this an excellent handbook for bot new and experienced collectors. The author, who started his career as a ballet dancer, has been a collector of Staffordshire pottery and a specialist dealer of considerable international standing for seventeen years. He brings to his book, therefore, not only the experience of many years, but also the appreciative eye of a connoisseur of fine arts.