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Size: Folio-over 12"-15" tall; 1st Edition, gift quality, hardcover in blue

Size: Folio-over 12"-15" tall; 1st Edition, gift quality, hardcover in blue paper covered boards with a blindstamp illustration. Spine ends and tips remain sharp. 496pp glossy text is tight, crisp, and unmarked. illustrated with more than 200 photographs and cup and plate end pps. Original dj is unclipped, brightly illustrated and displays well in new mylar. The rich colors of Frederick Rhead's Fiesta, the translucent beauty of Waterford crystal, nothing adds personality to a celebration like the right tableware. But beyond their appeal to all who want to entertain in style, and their value as collectibles, china and glass wares mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts in 20th-century America and provide a unique vantage point from which to view our society. This luxurious volume-which accompanies an exhibit organized by the Dallas Museum of Art-is the first to take a comprehensive look at the modern tableware used in American homes, treating its cultural and business history as well as its design. From table settings for turn-of-the-century ladies' luncheons to trendy accessories for suburban barbecues in the post-World War II years to the tinfoil trays invented for TV dinners, this fascinating book has it all.

First edition, 2000. Large quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 496 pp.,

First edition, 2000. Large quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 496 pp., heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, some soiling or discoloration to some pages, age-toning or discoloration to the dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including some creasing and minor tearing to the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. This heavy book might require an additional shipping charge.