Buy this book on-line WOODWARD,H.W: : The Story of Edinburgh CrystalSCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.DEMA GLASS Limited,1984. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.
No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - printed privately.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy
laminated,black background with colour photograph of pieces of glassware with Edinburgh Castle in background,illustrated
upper panel with white lettering,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,similar bumping+creasing to top corners too.Majority of creasing is to the
top edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - near pristine,
fore-edges similar; contents bright,tight,
solid and sound,crisp and clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear an unread example.Bright,crisp,
clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,
weave-textured,plain black cloth bds with
bright crisp,stamped gilt letters to both upper bd and to the spine/backstrip,and immaculate,plain white eps.Slim 8vo B+dw/dj,1st edn, 11-vpp+1-92pp [paginated]
includes contents+illustrations lists/
tables,7 chapters,mixture of 42 b/w+colour
illus/photographs etc.,interspersed throughout the text and the book,and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,colour photographic frntis (Jenkinson Venetian-style glass) and 2pp blanks at rear.A realyy exceptional copy in exceptional condition.
H.W. Woodward was Librarian of Brierley Hill,Staffordshire and Curator of the Glass Museum from 1938 to 1966.During that
period the glass collection increased from
200 to 800 pieces,forming a fine assembly concentrating on 19th Century British and foreign glass.A reference library,used by collectors and scholars from various parts
of the world,was built up.
Mr. Woodward from 1972 to 1974 was Keeper
of Glass and Fine Arts for Dudley County Borough.
He has written a number of booklets,
articles,and reviews relating to the glass
industry and local history.He has also lectured on these subjects for the WEA,and
Birmingham Extra Mural Department,apart from giving many talks to local organisations,and reading papers to the Glass Circle and to the VIIIth International Congress on Glass in London.
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