Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. Pewter in America, it's Makers and Their Marks Volume II. Houghton Mifflin and Co/Riverside Press, 1940.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Exlibrary with usual library markings. Volume 2 only. Some cover wear. ; 241 pages

Seller: Jonathan Grobe Books, Deep River, IA, U.S.A.

Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks. Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1940.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Grey cloth covers with tan cloth spines and black leather labels. Decorative end papers. Housed in remnants of a black slipcase with cream paper title label. Vol. 1: xvii, + [3] + 138 pp. with bw frontis and 58 bw plates. Vol. 2: [9] + 243 pp. with bw frontis and plates numbered 59-78. Each frontis with a tissue guard. Traces development of pewter in England and America. Chapters cover the business of a pewterer, pewter marks, household pewter, ecclesiastical pewter, and pewterers of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts Bay. Altough a newer, re-printed and somewhat revised edition is available, this original printing of the first edition is a must-have for any library on pewter or American decorative arts. Both volumes VG internally and Good+ externally (light rubbing/wearing to spines and spine labels.) Slipcase is very worn but broken seams are taped back in place. Slipcase is still, however, protective.

Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.

Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks. Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1940.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Description: Grey cloth covers with tan cloth spines and black leather labels. Decorative end papers. Housed in remnants of a black slipcase with cream paper title label. Vol. 1: xvii, + [3] + 138 pp. with bw frontis and 58 bw plates. Vol. 2: [9] + 243 pp. with bw frontis and plates numbered 59-78. Each frontis with a tissue guard. Traces development of pewter in England and America. Chapters cover the business of a pewterer, pewter marks, household pewter, ecclesiastical pewter, and pewterers of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts Bay. Altough a newer, re-printed and somewhat revised edition is available, this original printing of the first edition is a must-have for any library on pewter or American decorative arts. Both volumes NF internally and externally (but for light rubbing/wearing to label on Vol. I. Slipcase is very worn, and bottom/base panel is detached but taped back in place. Slipcase is still, however, protective.

Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.