MARTIN BROTHERS Nettlefold Collection book Martinware

Together with a Short History of the Firm of R W Martin and Brothers of Southall

Charles R Beard

Printed for the Owner By Waterlow & Sons, London, 1936.

Bound in Original Brown Cloth

Complete with extremely rare original slipcase

First Edition

Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

252 pages and 69 plates beautifully printed on heavy, deckle-edged paper.

This wonderful privately-produced catalogue of the work of the Martin Brothers is extremely rare and much sought-after. The collection is profusely illustrated with 48 b&w illustrations on 39 plates and 33 colour illustrations on 30 plates. The book illustrates a stunning range, from the familiar Martinbird tobacco jars and grotesque head jars, to less well known pieces such as a stoneware clock case and wall pockets. The images are accompanied by detailed notes on each item including where appropriate sketched facsimilies of the signature. The contents are as follows:

 
The Early life of R.W. Martin

R.W. Martin and Brothers

The F.J. Nettlefold Collection

Bibliography

Works Exhibited by R.W. Martin

Collections and Exhibitions

Index

 
The condition is very good; this copy is an extremely good survivor. To find the original slipcase is very uncommon. As is always the case with this book, it is ex-library. There is library writing on the slipcase spine and evidence of a label having been removed on one side of the slipcase, but no labels (removed or otherwise) on the inside of the book, which is a very nice feature. There are small library stamps on the photographic plates (again this is extremely common, done to prevent people from stealing them), but this is not intrusive. Internally the pages are very clean and bright and the binding is very sound. The thick grade paper is - as is always the case - a little rippled. Apparently because the book has spent most of its days inside the slipcase, the cloth boards are excellent; uncommonly clean and sound with only minor expected marking and bumping to the extremities. Please see the photos. In all, a fabulous copy of a stunning and rare antiquarian book. Don't miss this opportunity.

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