News, information
on changes, new books etc. Always check the Latest Stock page
for recent changes.
October - A small section of the Rowland Williams library
on the website and shop. PART 2 of this collection will be mailed
out on November the 14th.
September - Obtained the Rowland Williams O.B.E.
British Ceramic Library. A catalogue of part one of the collection
mailed out to buying customers on our mailing list.
February 8th - Our online shop opens. Stock added
every week. Buy securely online. Shipping based on actual weight.
Follow the link on the front page.
January 24th - On February the 1st we will open our
new online shop. Links will appear at the time. Customers worldwide
will be able to select single or multiple items add them to a
shopping basket and shipping charges will be calculated on weight
of the books in the basket. Most items will have a cover illustration
and many will have 2 or 3 illustrations from the book.
JANUARY 24 th 2008 - January sale now on till 31st follow
this link.
November 6th - SLIPWARE In The Pottery Museum NOW
IN STOCK see Gallery
October 21st -SLIPWARE In The Pottery Museum arriving
early November
AFTER STRIKE SALE - Strike
ends this Wednesday morning and for the remainder of the week
we have our
Please note we will be
using our parcelforce account for as many deliveries as possible
until strike action is resolved.
ROYAL MAIL STRIKE
Please note strike action from early today, Monday, until Wednesday
morning 10th will mean UK books can only be sent by Parcel Force
or Special Delivery please enquire when ordering. All overseas
orders will be delayed by an extra few days. We will keep everyone
informed by Email or telephone regarding any order. Having seen
the details behind the strike by postal workers, I have to admit
although this is crippling for business and private mail that
the workers do appear to have genuine and obvious reasons for
this action. We
will quote delivery costs and timing for any order as it is received.
September 21st - Slipware at the Pottery Museum
arriving October 16th along with Dictionary of Ceramic Artists
on the 20th see Latest
stock
July 24th - Arrival of two new titles 1st - The
Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain and 2nd - The Origin and Devolpment of BOW PORCELAIN 1730-1747
including the Participation of the Roal Society, Andrew Duche
and the American Contribution . This new book by Pat Daniels
has startling revelations concerning the early development of
Bow porcelain including the 'A' marked porcelain. see Latest
stock
June 10th - It's ceramic week in London with an
exhibition of Vauxhall porcelain at Stockspring Antiques 7th
to 16th ( see Latest
stock for catalogue
of this exhibition) , Eight Days in June with Rod Jellicoe, Mercury
Antiques, Simon Spero and Garry Atkins all in or close by to
kensington Church Street from 11th to 19th of June, Robyn Robb
and other leading dealers at the International Ceramic Fair this
coming weekend.
February 14th - Godden seminar for March pages updated
Godden
February 5th - Recent stock pages commence once
more Latest Stock
February 3rd - January Sale ended today
January 26th - Our JANUARY SALE starts today at 3pm
on the Latest stock page until 1st of February
December 29th - Brief
update. Our January sale will take place, strange as it may seem,
in January and hopefully, unlike other sales taking place all
round the country at the moment, will not upset most of our customers
by cutting prices on items they purchased for Christmas.
December 23rd - Another
chance for a few days break. Back on January 2nd. Mails may be
checked and some answered, we may respond to orders but no books
mailed until the 2nd.
Christmas greetings and a happy new year to all. Joy, Barry and
Solomon Lamb.
December - Last parcelforce
48 hour posting day is the 19th December
December 11th - Recent
stock updated and Gallery pages updated.
December - New books in
Latest stock include Davenport marks.
6th November -Latest stock and Pottery pages updated.
22nd October - Our printed newsletter for October
will be posted out on Tuesday the 25th a number of overseas customers
will be mailed the PDF file of the newsletter on Wednesday morning
allowing an equal opportunity to purchase.
September 27th - Latest stock, British Pottery and
European Ceramics pages updated.
September 18th - Our printed newsletters are mailed
out to recent and regular buyers once a month. We will be offering
the second part of the Terry Lockett Ceramic Library in this
months listing along with other books. Any overseas customers
who have purchased from us in the past can request a copy of
this as a pdf file which we will send out the same morning that
the UK newsletters will be arriving with customers. Just E mail
us an request a copy of the Lockett pdf.
August 7th - Details of the Godden returns to Worthing Residential Weekend now on the Godden pages Godden
Updates to various parts
of the site.
July 31st - A Directory of British teapots
-
Please note a review of
this book in the Antique Trades Gazette (25/7/06) is incorrect
in many ways but in particular the retail price quoted of £
45.00 is a major blunder on their behalf .
This book never was, and never will be, sold at below the official
retail price of £ 65.00.
July 24th - Fresh out of print items on the Latest Stock page.
What about this heat. N.E.C. Antiques fair opens in Birmingham
on Thursday where a number of ceramics dealers
will be exhibiting and visitors to the fair will include from
the U.S.A. Myrna Schkolne author of People,
Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures.
July 4th - Special exclusive offer of buy 1 get
2 free books & free postage. See the Gallery for details.
June 28th - Fresh out of print items on the Latest Stock page.
June 14th - More new titles to buy on the Gallery
pages Gallery
June 12th - More buy it now buttons added to
the Gallery
More new titles on
the Gallery shortly.
May 28th - New books include Dutch delft, English
Drug Jars, Goldscheider Figures. Plus fresh out of print items
See Latest Stock for details.
May 8th - New GOLDSCHEIDER book arriving 12th
May. See Latest Stock for details.
April 28th -
Directory of British Teapots
NOW in STOCK.
People Passions, Pastimes & Pleasures NOW in STOCK
Pillement NOW in STOCK
Lund's Bristol & early Worcester - Arriving 10th May.
See Latest Stock for details of all the above.
Other out of print material added their today.
31st March - NEW BOOK
update .
1) Directory of British Teapots arriving 1pm Wednesday the 5th April.
2) PEOPLE, PASSIONS, PASTIMES, and PLEASURES arriving from overseas between the 5th & 10th
of April.
3) LUND'S BRISTOL AND
EARLY WORCESTER PORCELAIN 1750-58. arriving around the 25th of April.
Also New - PILLEMENT -Maria Gordon-Smith
2006. Arriving in 7 days.
SeeLatest Stock for details of all the above.
Place an advance order without payment today.
25th March - Latest stock pages updated See Latest Stock for details. More buy now options
in the Gallery .
14th March - Teapot book now confirmed for the
first few days of April at the binders now. Lunds Bristol book
confirmed for middle of April going to the binders shortly. See
Latest Stock for details.
3rd March - Gallery pages Gallery now
include BUY NOW buttons for numerous books that are illustrated
there.
1st March 2006 - P226) PEOPLE, PASSIONS, PASTIMES, and PLEASURES :
STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES 1810 -1835 - Myrna
Schkolne. Limited edition
of only1,000 copies worldwide. 324 pages. Over 400 colour illustrations. 40 black
& white illustrations. 332 figures illustrated. Hardbound
with dust jacket.
Stock available around the beginning of April . See Pottery
Books for more info.
22nd February - First special offer now ended -
New Blue & White Package offer starts today Gallery
Also recent stock pages
updated with new titles including TEAPOTS and then other out
of print stock.
18th February - Arrving in March (details in the
next few days) A Directory of British Teapots.
8th February - See latest stock arriving early (2
days) the new book on Coalport / Coalbrookdale porcelain. Latest Stock
7th February - Gallery Pages updated with fresh
entries and BUY ONE GET TWO FREE offer Gallery
25th January - Latest stock page updated today.
21st January - See recent stock page for new titles
on Herculaneum Pottery and Chinese Ceramics.
6th January - Back to work business as usual.
29th December - Office and premises open again on
the 2nd of January, we will still attempt to reply to telephone
messages and mail before then. Best wishes for the coming year
to all our friends and customers.
21st December - Last posting day UK, for us, Thursday
22nd for orders taken before 11.30am we will send by Royal Mail
special delivery guaranteed to arrive before Christmas. Cost
£ 5.75 for under 2kg in weigh or £18 under 10kg.
12th December - UK Orders taken up to and including the
21st of December for before Xmas delivery.
2nd December - Several pages being updated today
and others to follow during the build up to Christmas.
24th November Promotion
- *Godden's Guide to ENGLISH BLUE and WHITE PORCELAIN
at £ 65.00.
*FREE SHIPPING 2005. Inlcuding FULL AIR to any country at no cost.
Inland by 1st class next day special Royal Mail befor 12 at no
cost.
21st November - Massive update to recent stock pages
and elsewhere. Includes the new book on Rathbone Porcelain.
Pay Pal payments now accepted
for any order. We will glady mail a Pay Pal invoice including
shipping charges.
We will in the next few days add a page of buy it now books using
Pay Pal. Please note you no longer need to have
a Pay Pal account to pay this way. Just provide card details
securely as in any other transaction.
10/12th November - Recent stock pages and British Porcelain
18th/19th updated.
26th October - Recent stock page updated and new
titles include Welsh Ceramics in Context part 2.
6th October - Due to an error the book on Morris
Ware, Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge was removed from the
site but has now been re-listed see the Latest Stock for details
26th september - New and in stock NEW HALL Patterns
of the Hard Paste Period see the Latest Stock for details.
1st september - The Ceramic Circle transaction page
updated with a number of additions including some of those hard
to get your hands on numbers. Ceramic
Circle Transactions.
British Porcelain 18th & 19th pages updated, plus general
updates elsewhere
23rd August - New books on the recent Stock page
include Don Pottery. Latest
Stock for details.
29th July - European ceramics page updated see
European
for details.
24th July - More updates to latest stock.
23rd July - Latest stock page updated with New
titles and out of print including delft.
5th July - Oriental ceramics page updated today
28th June - Latest stock page completely updated,
including books on most areas see Latest
Stock for details.
8th June - The 2 Volume Leeds book arives on
next Friday / Monday.
22nd May - Latest stock page updated, with several
new publications and some out of print additions see Latest
Stock for details.
7th May - Full update to the Wedgwood pages
see - Wedgwood.
25th April - Latest stock page updated, Ridgway
- Godden & due for June 2005 Leeds Pottery 1770 -1881 .
15th April - We have been notified of the death
last week aged 77 of David Sanctuary Howard
author of Chinese Armorial Porcelain and the recent autobiography
"The Unforgiving Minute".
We offer our deepest sympathy to his family at this time.
6th April - Small updates. Small rise in post
costs, we still charge less than cost.
30th March - Latest stock page updated, Royal Worcester
Porcelain added, Godden Lustreware & others see Latest
Stock for details.
23rd March - Latest stock page updated, Nanking
Cargo, Coalport by Messenger & others see Latest
Stock for details.
20th March - POTTERS. Oral History in the Staffordshire
Ceramic Industry - Gordon Elliot - new publication
see Latest Stock for details.
4th march - Latest stock page updated, small changes
elsewhere. One of the four special offer titles now sold out,
apologies for the few unfulfilled orders.
February 26th - Latest stock page updated, Pinxton
by Exley and other titles. Minor changes elsewhere.
February 21st - Special offers on a number of new
books while stocks last see Latest Stock for details.
February 20th - Latest stock page updated - Includes
the latest ceramic Circle Transaction. Pottery by the Lagan (
back in stock) .
February 7th - Just published. WHITE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE - See Latest Stock for details.
Januray 31st - Sale now
ended.
January 28th - Sale pages updated, Sale ends in just
over 24 hours.
Details of the Spode/Copeland book and recent stock added See
Latest Stock for details.
January 20th - New March 3 day seminar see the Godden
Pages for details.
January 19th - New title - Spode-Copeland arrived
in stock today. An all colour guide with prices at £ 32.95.
Latest stock pages will
have a number of items in our
January sale with a minimum 25% discount from Saturday 22nd -
2pm. To the Sale
January10th 2005 - Best wishes to all our customers
for the coming year. Small updates across the site.
January 2nd 2004 - New year greetings to all our customers
we commence mailing out orders today and continue on Monday the
5th.
