Geoffrey Godden — Staffordshire Porcelain
London, Granada, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated work on Staffordshire porcelain. First edition. Illustrated throughout with over 730 black and white photographs and 24 colour plates. Collated complete. A study of Staffordshire porcelain, with reference to social conditions, potteries, bone china, teawares, as well as the working and living conditions of nineteenth century potters. Written and edited by Geoffrey Godden, a British ceramics specialism, author, historian, collector, and dealer. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
