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Authors: Brenda Roberts, Sharon Huxford, Bob Huxford
Publisher: Collector Books
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$19.95~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

10 reviews
Sales Rank: 614194

Media: Hardcover
Edition: Updated
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.6

ISBN: 0891451498
Dewey Decimal Number: 738.37
EAN: 9780891451495

Publication Date: October 1980
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Customer Reviews:

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great book March 5, 2007
this book tells you all you need to know about hull pottery

3 out of 5 stars

The Collector's Encyclopedia of Hull Pottery(B Roberts) January 10, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Though a fairly thorough bibliography of the Hull Pottery organization, this book is way too old(circa 1980!) to accurately depict today's collector market. Perhaps a collector's item now in itself, this book is in dire need of updating and revision. Referring to this edition as an "Encyclopedia" is an insult to readers and collector's alike. It also makes no mention of the extremely popular Marcrest "Daisy and Dot" line, for which I had hoped to find
a complete product listing. I believe Jeff Snyder's "Decades of Design" publication will provide me with this important information.

4 out of 5 stars

Good book! November 6, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I am a dealer so I use this book for pricing, but whether a dealer or collector this is a good book. Plenty of photos, price guide is right on the mark. I am satisfied with it.

3 out of 5 stars

VERY POOR PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE PASTEL ITEMS... March 9, 2002
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

I BOUGHT THE BOOK TO IDENTIFY THE HULL VASES WHICH I'VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS, BUT I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I OPENED THIS BOOK. MANY OF THE ITEMS WERE ALMOST UNIDENTIFIABLE, DUE TO WASHED OUT PHOTOS OF THE PASTEL ITEMS - AND THE PASTELS ARE THE ONLY HULL ITEMS WHICH I OWN. I WAS HARD-PRESSED TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. THE YELLOWS, PINKS, GREENS AND LIGHT BLUES ARE SO PALE, AS TO NOT BE ABLE TO TELL WHERE ONE COLOR ENDS AND THE OTHER BEGINS. IN MANY PHOTOS, THERE IS ALMOST AN ABSENCE OF COLOR - EVERYTHING IS JUST A BLUR. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOMS OF THE VASES I OWN, I'D NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM - CERTAINLY NOT BY THE PICTURES. REALLY POOR EDITING. THOSE PHOTOS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED AND RE-DONE.

3 out of 5 stars

Book helpful, but hardly definitive May 9, 2001
25 out of 25 found this review helpful

If I could purchase only one Hull reference it would be Jeffrey Snyder's Hull Pottery: Decades of Design. The Roberts book uses color photos that look they were taken in the 1950's and in at least one case I was unable to ID a piece because of the graniness of the photo. She does include some pieces Synder's book does not and vice versa. I have found using one book to supplement the other the best bet.

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