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[Women in Television] [Women in the French Resistance] [New Mexico] John, W D; Anne Simcox; Jacqueline Simcox; Sir Leslie JosephBiblio.com

William Billingsley 1758-1828: His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker Signed by author and additionally inscribed to the Duchess of Bedford by Sir Leslie Joseph

1968rif. 68144Newport England: The Ceramic Book Company 1968. First edition inscribed association copy. Leather Bound. Very Good . SIGNED by W. D. John and inscribed by Leslie Joseph. 97 pages of text. Quarto 31 cm Elegantly bound by Brian Frost and Company Bath England in brown leather with raised bands a gilt stamped title and floral designs on the spine and double gilt ruled borders on the boards. Turn-ins gilt. With very light wear to the extremities including an almost invisible moisture ring to the front board. The pages are clean and bright. With one hundred and eighty illustrations of which forty are in color. One in an edition limited to 1000 copies. Billingsley is considered one of the foremost names in British porcelain. His remarkable ceramic achievements and accomplishments have been recognized and held in high esteem continuously by both aficionados and technical specialists alike since the year 1790 when as a young craftsman at the renowned Derby China Factory he was suddenly called upon to assume the role of head flower painter in completing an important order for the matching of some valuable early Chelsea plates with profuse botanical plant decoration. This copy is signed by W. H. John on the front flyleaf. It is also inscribed by Sir Leslie Joseph to the Duchess of Bedford Nicole Russell: "Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford from Leslie Joseph." Nicole Russell 1920-2012 was one of the first female television producers in France working on projects which included "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." Also notable is the fact that she had been a courier for the Resistance in Paris during the Second World War. In 2003 Russell spent some time living in Santa Fe New Mexico. According to Anne Constable The Santa Fe New Mexican while living in Santa Fe she Russell wrote to Queen Elizabeth II suggesting that fake fur be substituted for the bear skin used in the hats worn by her guards. Her memoir published in 1975 was titled "Nicole Nobody. The Ceramic Book Company unknown

Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA · Stati Uniti250,00 USD≈ 223,35 €

[Women in Television] [Women in the French Resistance] [New Mexico] John, W D; Anne Simcox; Jacqueline Simcox; Sir Leslie JosephABAA

William Billingsley 1758-1828: His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker Signed by author and additionally inscribed to the Duchess of Bedford by Sir Leslie Joseph

Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA · Stati Uniti250,00 USD≈ 223,35 €