Very nice hardcover with dust jacket in a mylar cover. Almost like new tight copy - no marks or writing. Elegant endpapers are marbled. Slight shelf wear. (Last picture shows book with cover off)
Book has 1028 color photographs. This revised edition has a price guide at the end. Bottles form the earliest available (6th century B.C.) through the 1980’s. Concise history covering perfume, cologne, scent, atomizer and fan-stopper bottles from Northern Europe, American, Bohemia and Japan.
Over 270 patent illustrations as part of the chapter on commercial bottles. Additionally, a directory of perfume makers and scents with special emphasis on bottles by Lalique as well as those made in Czechoslovakia.There are also chapters on Dime-Store novelty bottles as well as tips on care & ;presentation of scent bottles.
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Ltd; Revised Edition (January 1, 1986)
Language : English
Hardcover : 244 pages
ISBN-10 : 0887400728
ISBN-13 : 978-0887400728
Item Weight : 4.1 pounds
Dimensions : 9.25 x 1.25 x 12.25 inches
