Mckearin American Glass

McKEARIN, GEORGE S. and HELEN: American Glass. Crown Publishers. New York. 1944 4th printing

In maroon cloth covers with black to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 622pp.With 200 photographs and 1000 drawings by James L.McCreery. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine faded and front part faded. Rubbed and chipped along edges with pieces missing from ends of spine. Not price clipped). Small marks to covers. Else a clean and tight copy. Covers the entire craft of Early American glass making.

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McKearin, Helen and George S. Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, New York Crown Publishers, Inc. 1950
Fine

4to. Cloth. 382 p. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Index. Bibliography. A spectacular history of American blown glass, from colonial days to the modern renaissance. Extensively illustrated with 105 black and white photographs and 10 color plates. The definitive book on American blown glass. Fine in very good dustjacket in mylar cover. Very Good Cloth 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

[SW: GLASS BLOWING GLASSMAKINGUnited States History]

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McKearin, George S.and Helen: Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1950 ; fester Einband / hard cover; sig.
Very Good

This is a very good hardcover copy of the original, limited edition of 500 copies, signed by both authors. Completely clean inside and out, but for one tiny signature on the green front endpaper, and the spine just a bit faded. No dust jacket, no slipcase. Top page-edge gilt. This is a classic, with a full treatment of the origins of blown glass in the colonies, and the subsequent development of a great industry. Bibliography. Illustrated with 10 full-page color plates and 114 black & white plates. Large 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 382 pages. Signed by Author Limited/Numbered 500 Copies. Hard Cover; Limited/Numbered 500 Copies.

[SW: American Glass, Colonial Glass, Colonial Decorative Arts]

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George S. And Helen McKearin: American Glass, New York Crown Publishers 1945
Good Condition

<B> Here is a remarkable, long out of print volume on all phases of American Glass. <P><B> Filled with 2,000 PHOTOGRAPHS and 1,000 DRAWINGS by James L. McCreery, this 622 page volume was originally published in 1941. <P><B> The Contents state: LIST of illustrations and a full glossary. Eleven chapters cover such gems as: Early American Blown and Pattern-Molded Glass, Midwestern Glass. 17th & 18th Century American Glass Houses and their Products: 19th century glass and glass houses. BLOWN Three Mold Glass. Early PRESSED glass (Lacy and Non-Lacy). Pressed tablewares - Pattern Glass, List of Patterns. Paperweights, Cameo Glass and Late 19th Century Fancy Wares. Free Blown and Pattern MOlded Bottles and Flasks including wine and spirits bottles, cologne bottles, smelling or scent bottles. Pictorial and historical flasks, chronological chart of American Glass Houses, Bottle form or Shape groups, history. <P><B> This magnificent volume will thrill GLASS collectors, dealers, afficanados, sellers asit is very comprehensive, clean and unmarked. The "GOOD" rating is due to the condition of the book cover itself which is torn at the top and side of the spine, inside and out. Pages are still tightly bound, some yellowing throughout. PRevious owner's name inside front cover. The BONUS is the author's signature under book title inside page . It's really fascinating reading the history of the many types of glass - each is detailed. The page on Blown Three Mold Stopper Types features drawings of about 60 DIFFERENT types of stoppers. One page has actual b/w photographs of ' bills' other denominations printed and used by the different companies. There are DOZENS of drawings of Flasks with faces of George Washington, Ben Franklin, La Fayette, and a volumnous assortment of rare flasks with pictures of every imaginable kind of figure on it! - Use some glue to close the tears outside on the spine, and you'll have a real treasure of an AUTOGRAPHED volume you will use often for reference! . THis is the ONLY book of its kind that has SO MUCH information and photographs of AMERICAN GLASS! Sold 'as is'. </B><P> Signed by Author No Book jacket as Published Hard Cover 9 x 11" out of Print

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