Buck, J.H. — Old Plate, Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic; Its Makers and Marks

, Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine, readable and in-depth study of makers (including their marks) of ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic plate from all over the world. Special focus on the United States, especially New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. With eighty-two illustrations in black-and-white, an apparent First Edition, First Printing, with "1888" on both title and copyright pages. Bound handsomely in blue cloth over boards with silver illustration on cover and spine, some rubbing to edges, light discoloration at spine head, bumping to spine head and foot. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x [1], 1-268 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good