[JHRB News] Speaking of Books, Feb 21 -New Catalog

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

SPEAKING of Books...

The Joslin Hall Rare Books Newsletter
March 14th, 2006

To see an illustrated version of this Newsletter, click here-
<http://www.joslinhall.com/speaking_current.htm>

The Book Elves are more than ready for Spring, and the start of a new 
Boston Red Sox baseball season. Last week they had the barbeque out, 
grilling burgers in the middle of a late-winter snowstorm. Spring Training 
in Florida has been underway for a week and they cannot wait to get down 
there. However, before they loaded the ElfMobile up with Sox banners, soft 
drinks, frozen bugers and our patio set, and took off in a generally 
southerly direction, yelling "We don't need maps to find Florida, we can 
smell the baseballs!", they finished a new catalog-


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"BOOKS ON CERAMICS" is now ready, and going into the mail. If you'd like a 
copy please send us your mailing address. This month's selection includes-

* a superb brand new book on mocha wares

* a rare 1908 book of inscriptions on antique drug jars

* the earliest English-language book on tiles

* a copy of an early catalog of ancient pottery owned by a ceramicist who 
reproduced the ancient forms as garden pots

* an intriguing 1901 study of the hazards of the work of Staffordshire potters

* the 18th century catalog of terra cotta lamps described by later experts 
as "one of the greatest assemblages of fakes ever assembled"

* bound collections of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's two periodical publications

* an 1873 book on Bristol ceramics praised by Solon as "a model of what a 
perfect monograph might be expected to be"

* an early and scarce trade catalog of Low Art tiles.

* and much, much more!

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A STUNNING NEW BOOK-

Rickard, Jonathan. "MOCHA AND RELATED DIPPED WARES, 1770-1939."

Hanover; University Press of New England: 2006.

This is a colorful explosion of a book, packed with beautiful photographs 
that vividly capture the colors and wild designs on this distinctive 
pottery. But it's not all photos- author Jonathan Rickard provides a mighty 
and solid text to back up the illustrations, exploring the history, makers 
and styles of these ceramics in England, America and France. Long thought 
of as a Victorian ceramic, Rickard shows that the style actually dates from 
the late 18th century. There are many chapters exploring the various 
patterns and decorating techniques, and the book finishes off with a 
chapter on the potters and potteries of Mocha and their marks. An 
exuberant, important study of an under-documented type of pottery. 
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 178 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w, dj; 
bibliography. [90157] $65.00

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Our new Blog-

Remember to check out "Foggygates", our new blog, for the latest news, 
announcements, specials, and other odd things...updated daily.

"Foggygates -A Bookish Blog"
<http://foggygates.blogspot.com/>

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UPCOMING CATALOGS

If you'd like copies of any of these, please let us know.

* Recent Acquisitions for March-April (march)

* Books on Silver & Silversmiths (march)


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PUBLISHER'S OVERSTOCK SPECIAL-

Stern, Bill. CALIFORNIA POTTERY: From Missions to Modernism.

San Francisco; Chronicle Books: 2001.

 From the 1920s to the 1950s, designers including Rockwell Rockwell Kent 
and Edith Heath, and producers including Bauer, Catalina, and Vernon Kilns, 
were involved with California potteries. They made strikingly colorful 
dishware, garden pottery, and decorative and architectural tiles. The 
pieces reflect the style of the times, from Arts and Crafts and romantic 
Mission styles of the 20s to the Moderne styles of the 1930s, and the 
Modernist style of the 1940s and 50s. This enjoyable, well-illustrated book 
provides a history of California's diverse and colorful pottery. Hardcover. 
9"x8.5", 119 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj. New. [95028]

Published at $22.95

Publisher's overstock available for a limited time for- $12.50

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We hope you find a few books here that you need, and if you are ever in the 
area, remember that we're close to the very-well plowed Massachusetts 
Turnpike and Interstate 91 in bad weather. We're also close to them in good 
weather... so if you find yourself going by one day, give us a call and 
drop by.

There's always tea or coffee in the pot, cider in the fridge and various 
other libations and snacks available as well. When you have a chance, drop 
by "Foggygates", our new blog, and until next time, enjoy our catalog and 
enjoy the (almost) Spring!

-Forrest, Betty, Amy, Freckles, Pywackett & Ike


JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS, ABAA
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
on the decorative and fine arts & design

Post Office Box 239
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060 USA
telephone (413) 247-5080
<http://www.joslinhall.com>

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