CHATS ON
OLD FURNITURE
Jacobean Chair.CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE
Press Notices, First Edition.
"Mr. Hayden knows his subject intimately."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"The hints to collectors are the best and clearest we have seen; so that altogetherthis is a model book of its kind."—Athenæum.
"A useful and instructive volume."—Spectator.
"An abundance of illustrations completes a well-written and well-constructedhistory."—Daily News.
"Mr. Hayden's taste is sound and his knowledge thorough."—Scotsman.
"A book of more than usual comprehensiveness and more than usual merit."—VanityFair.
"Mr. Hayden has worked at his subject on systematic lines, and has made his bookwhat it purports to be—a practical guide for the collector."—Saturday Review.
CHATS ON OLD CHINA
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Second Edition.
Price 5s. net.
With Coloured Frontispiece and Reproductions of 156 Marks and 89 Specimens ofChina.
A List of SALE PRICES and a full INDEX increase the usefulness of the Volume.
This is a handy book of reference to enable Amateur Collectors to distinguishbetween the productions of the various factories.
Press Notices, First Edition.
"A handsome handbook that the amateur in doubt will find useful, and thechina-lover will enjoy for its illustrations, and for the author's obvious love andunderstanding of his subject."—St. James's Gazette.
"All lovers of china will find much entertainment in this volume."—Daily News.
"It gives in a few pithy chapters just what the beginner wants to know about theprincipal varieties of English ware. We can warmly commend the book to thechina collector."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"One of the best points about the book is the clear way in which the characteristicsof each factory are noted down separately, so that the veriest tyro oughtto be able to judge for himself if he has a piece or pieces which would come underthis heading, and the marks are very accurately given."—Queen.
IN PREPARATION.
CHATS ON OLD PRINTS
Price 5s. net.
Illustrated with Coloured Frontispiece and 70 Full-page Reproductions fromEngravings.
With GLOSSARY of Technical Terms, BIBLIOGRAPHY, full INDEX andTABLE of more than 350 of the principal English and Continental Engraversfrom the XVIth to the XIXth centuries, together with copious notes as to PRICESand values of old prints.
London: T. FISHER UNWIN, Adelphi Terrace.
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