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Antique Early American Pressed Glass Patterns / In-Depth Illustrated Book

$ 10.53

Availability: 97 in stock
  • Object Type: Reference Book
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Industry: Glassware
  • Type of Glass: Pressed Glass

    Description

    A classic illustrated reference text, this rare out-of-print book pictures in black-and-white hundreds of different antique pressed glass patterns with identifying captions.
    RUTH WEBB LEE’S HANDBOOK OF EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS PATTERNS
    by Ruth Webb Lee, self-published by the author, Northboro, MA, 1931/1946.
    This book is subtitled  “A handy pocket volume containing all of the photographs and line drawings used in early American pressed glass.  A comprehensive check list showing examples of approximately 2,000 pieces of early pressed glass.”  Experienced collectors of American glass need no introduction to this author who has published extensively and with great dedication thousands of examples of antique glass.  This comprehensive identification guide will please anyone who has built or inherited a collection—or who hopes to start one—and marks an essential place on the shelves of a reference library.
    5.1“ x 8.1“ softback in good condition. About 200  pages.
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