[Rarebooks] FS - Old Glass Paperweights, : Their Art, Construction, and Distinguishing Features

Michael Watson archetype at 20ants.com
Thu Oct 8 07:52:51 EDT 2009


FS - Old Glass Paperweights, : Their Art, Construction, and
Distinguishing Features

Postpaid in the 48 US states via USPS Media Rate. Others please inquire.

Bergstrom, Evangeline H., Old Glass Paperweights, : Their Art,
Construction, and Distinguishing Features, Private Printing, 1940, 1st
Edition, Hardcover, 8vo, VG/ NONE, Spine sunned. Very faint, stray marks
to cover. Tiny, light ding to front cover. Spine tail and lower corners
lightly rubbed. A treatise on old weights from France, England, other
European countries, and America. Covers history, relevant makers,
styles, techniques of manufacture. Illustrated with 3 line drawings and
106 plates and cuts in color and b&w. Tissue-covered color frontis of a
weight. Introduction by Harry J. Owens. Glossary of terms related to
weights. Rose cloth over boards. Gilt title and decoration to spine,
title and picture to cover. Printed by The Lakeside Press, Chicago. No
DJ, believed as-issued. The  A clean VG copy. $85.00 USD

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