Roseville Art Pottery - History Lines Patterns Marks / Scarce In-Depth Book

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A collector’s item in itself, this early out-of-print book is a definitive guide to Roseville pottery – its history, production, patterns and marks.
ROSEVILLE POTTERY FOR LOVE OF MONEY
by Virginia Hillway Buxton, Tymbre Hill Publishing, TN, 1977.
Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this text “explores the Roseville Pottery Company records to reveal more than 230 pottery lines and patterns, some forgotten for decades.  Almost all are pictured, close-up and big and in full color.  It lingers over the rare 1905 Rozane catalogue, lovingly reproducing whole pages; and, it leafs through later catalogues to find the oldest and the rarest lines, and to select more than 60 pages for photocopy reprint.  It pursues early newspapers, and gathers data from turn-of-the-century magazines and trade journals.  It surveys later-day and current Roseville writings, and footnotes every reference to document it within the framework of a bibliography listing more than 90 books and articles and sources of related information. “  The appendix gives a scarcity-value summary, reviews the artists’ marks, reviews the shape and size numbers, and more.  This book is an invaluable reference for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of Roseville art pottery.
7.4” x 10” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  320 pages.
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