PAIRPORT GLASS.
first edition Hardcover
1979 · Des Moines, IA
by Padgett, Leonard E.
Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1979. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 246 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Purple hardcover binding with moderate sunning to spine ends, with slight rubbing there. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate rubbing to extremities, including several small tears, creases and chips, with slight sunning to spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with over 500 black & white photographs. Contains 32 color photographs illustrating 192 pieces of glass. Includes identifying marks (company trademarks), facsimiles of historic documents, catalog pages and promotional material, and archival photographs. Small "S" stamped on top of closed pages. Included is a company advertisement with original mailing envelope from 1983. It offers perfumes and stoppers, and illustrates 12 bottles and 13 stoppers in color.. (Inventory #: 005790)