Arnold Fleming — Scottish and Jacobite Glass

Glasgow , Jackson, Son and Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon study of glass from Scotland and the Jacobite Period, with illustrations. The first edition, first impression. An uncommon work.  With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.With fifty-six plates and three in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Arnold Fleming explores the romance of glass and its history in this work, throwing light on the domestic life of Scotland as well as the Jacobite period. With commentaries on dominant styles and decoration, stained and leaded glass and windows, as well as a walk-through of the various technicalities of manufacture.  In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with slight bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards and a bookplate from the Saltire Society to the front pastedown. Dust wrapper is chipped and edge worn, with handling marks to the wrap and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.