*Chats on Old Copper and Brass.* By FRED W. BURGESS. With a coloured
frontispiece and 86 other Illustrations. Cloth, 6s. net.
“Mr. F. W. Burgess is an expert on old copper and bronze, and in
his book there is little information lacking which the most ardent
collector might want.” _The Observer._
“Italian bronzes, African charms, Chinese and Japanese enamels, bells,
mortars, Indian idols, dials, candlesticks, and snuff boxes, all come
in for their share of attention, and the reader who has mastered Mr.
Burgess’s pages can face his rival in the auction-room or the dealer
in his shop with little fear of suffering by the transaction.”
_The Nation._
*Chats on Household Curios.* By FRED W. BURGESS. With 94 Illustrations.
Cloth, 6s. net.
“Mr. Burgess gives much information about such attractive antiques
as old glass and enamels, old leather work, old clocks and watches,
old pipes, old seals, musical instruments, and even old samplers and
children’s toys. The book is, in short, an excellent and comprehensive
guide for what one may call the general collector, that is, the
collector who does not confine himself to one class of antique, but
buys whatever he comes across in the curio line, provided that it is
interesting and at moderate price.” _Aberdeen Free Press._
*Chats on Japanese Prints.* By ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE. With a coloured
frontispiece and 56 Illustrations. Cloth, 6s. net. Third Impression.
“Mr. Ficke writes with the knowledge of the expert, and his history
of Japanese printing from very early times and his criticism of the
artists’ work are wonderfully interesting.” _Tatler._
“This is one of the most delightful and notable members of an
attractive series.... A beginner who shall have mastered and made
thoroughly his own the beauty of line and the various subtlety and
boldness of linear composition displayed in these sixty and odd
photographs will have no mean foundation for further study.”--
_Notes and Queries._
*Chats on Old Clocks.* By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a frontispiece and 80
Illustrations. 2nd Ed. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
“A practical handbook dealing with the examples of old clocks likely
to come under the observation of the collector. Charmingly written and
illustrated.” _Outlook._
“One specially useful feature of the work is the prominence Mr. Hayden
has given to the makers of clocks, dealing not only with those of
London, but also those of the leading provincial towns. The lists
he gives of the latter are highly valuable, as they are not to be
found in any similar book. The volume is, as usual with this series,
profusely illustrated, and may be recommended as a highly interesting
and useful general guide to collectors of clocks.” _The Connoisseur._
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