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

[Michael Watson]

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

$85.00 USD postpaid in the USA. Others please inquire.

Bergstrom, Evangeline H., Old Glass Paperweights, : Their Art, 
Construction, and Distinguishing Features, Private Printing, 1940, 1st 
Edition, Hardcover, 8vo, VG/ NONE

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.

Spine sunned. Very faint, stray marks to cover. Tiny, light ding to 
front cover. Spine tail and lower corners lightly rubbed.

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. This is the private printing of what was later trade 
published. A clean VG copy.

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