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Author: Ann Kerr
Publisher: Collector Books
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1786671

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 299
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 8.8 x 1

ISBN: 0891457682
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.4492
EAN: 9780891457688

Publication Date: June 1997
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Condition: The overall condition is very good. The cover is shiny and bright, contributing to a good overall appearance. There is the name, address, and telephone number of an antiques business stamped on the first page. On the leefft hand side, this message is stamped, "This book has been sold by the publisher/distributer at a reduced wholesale price for one of the following reasons: slight shipping damage, new edition has been released, out of print, too few in stock to advertise." There are no other marks in the book. I ship promptly. Thanks for considering - it is my judgment tht this is a nice copy.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
In addition to the dinnerware collectibles, this book also features the furniture, housewares, lamps, wood, metal works, fabrics, and numerous other items sought by collectors and dealers. Hundreds of photos, including vintage catalogs and advertisements, and revised values for all items to reflect today's ever-changing market. AUTHORBIO: Ann Kerr was an avid Russel Wright collector and researchers of his works for many years. She was able to finish writing her third edition of the Collector's Encyclopedia of Russel Wright before she passed away in 2001. REVIEW: This book is more than just an identification and vaule guide. Along with many of the features often seen in a collector's guide, the encyclopedia also contains several essays about the life and work of this innovative industrial designer.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

A must have for Wright collectors, if you don't have a previous edition May 21, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

We've been collecting RW since 1998, and have hundreds of hard to find and many one of a kind pieces.

Pros:
-Some new photos.
-The most comprehensive author of Russel Wright, covering all designs from all eras, including furniture and plastic
-Detailed price guides
-History and chronology of lines based on extensive research

Cons:
-Due to wide scope of the book, it is fairly easy to find incorrect information on pieces, prices, and other data.
-Truncated some interesting information from 2nd edition, including photos of very rare items that we collect

Neutral:
-Moved prices to back (for easier reference?).

Bottom line: 2 stars for accuracy, 4 stars for breadth, 3 stars for depth. Thus the average rating. If you seriously collect RW and do not have either the 2nd or 3rd edition of this book, you should buy this as without doubt this is certainly better than other RW books (and we have several others), but again not necessarily a must have for those with the 2nd edition.

3 out of 5 stars

Just the pots, please August 8, 2000
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

I just started collecting Russel Wright dishes, and was looking for a definitive reference guide to help key out the pieces I had. I thought this book had a lot of helpful information about determining pattern and manfacturing locations, but I was a bit disappointed overall. Though the cover of the book features only pottery, the book itself has examples of all that Russel Wright created in his long, prolific career-- all the way down to the radios and lamps. It would be great for the diehard RW fan, but I wished it just focussed on the pottery.

5 out of 5 stars

An excellent book for any beginning Wright collector March 8, 1999
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

I am so happy to have gotten this book. I knew little-to-nothing about Wright,and Ann Kerr's book lays out all kinds of information about the man, the artist, and his art. I haven't had much of a problem without an index, as she has all the information chaptered out, and it is all easy to access. The accompanying photos are excellent and there are many. She also explains any areas which may be ambiguous, such as color, size and shape anomalies. Due to getting this book, I often know more about the pieces I find than the dealers do, as she tries to fit in every piece of information that she has, on every aspect of the collectible items. I love this book!

3 out of 5 stars

Lack of an index really hurts this otherwise great book. July 4, 1998
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Packed with information, this book is cumbersome to use since it doesn't have an index.

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