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Lot 1318

Group of Books on North Carolina Pottery, Including Two Signed and Two Limited Edition

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(8) titles with (10) total volumes, including: (2) copies of John Bivins, Jr., The Moravian Potters in North Carolina (UNC Press, 1972. Hardcover. One copy signed by the author on half title verso.); (2) copies of A. Everette James, North Carolina Art Pottery, 1900-1960: Identification & Value Guide (Collector Books, 2003. Hardcover.); Charles G. Zug III, Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina (UNC Press. Paperback.); Quincy Scarborough, E. A. Poe, 1858-1934: Merchant of Clay (Quincy Scarborough Companies, 2018. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page. Limited edition; one of 500 copies); Quincy Scarborough, North Carolina Decorated Stoneware: The Webster School of Folk Potters (Scarborough Press, 1986. Paperback. Limited edition.); Michael A. Crocker and W. Newton Crouch Jr., The Folk Pottery of Cheever, Arie, and Lanier Meaders: A Pictorial Legacy (C&C Productions, 1994. Stapled paperback.); Bill Beam, et al. Two Centuries of Potters: A Catawba Valley Tradition (Lincoln County Historical Association, 1999. Exh. cat. Paperback.); Charlotte V. Wainwright, Big Red! Chrome Red and Other Red Glazes of the North Carolina Piedmont (Publication from a 2013 exhibition at the North Carolina Pottery Center. Stapled paperback.)

Largest 11 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.

From the Collection of Neil and Jan Lapp, Raleigh, North Carolina

Occasional shelf wear, marks, and mild toning; one copy of Moravian Potters with bookplate, the other with spotting on edges and light grime; Turners and Burners with heavier scuffing to wraps and wear to extremities, and with light grime at edge; North Carolina Decorated Stoneware with sticker on back cover; condition varies very good minus to near fine.