Author: WOOD, SHARON
Title: Hand-Painted China Including a How-to-Do Section By S.S. Frackelton
Description: Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. China classics series Series; B & W and Color; 6 12 x 9 1/4; 99 pages; Hard cover has price sticker remainder inside front cover, pp 96/97 has a small, closed tear at bottom, top of text block has brown spots [dust? ]. No DJ, may or may not have had one. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Cover is red with gold lettering on spine. Lavishly illustrated with one color plate and dozens of b/w plates and pictures, diagrams, patterns, plus advertisements for various styles and types of china pieces. For anyone who's ever attempted this difficult art form, you'll appreciate the information and directions provided. And if you haven't ever tried to paint china, this book will provide the information needed for this traditional and complex skill. Last 10 pages show jam packed b/w adverts of pieces for sale from various retail vendors, such as Montgomery Ward & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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