Willow! Solving the Mystery of our 200-year Love Affair with the Willow Pattern

Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 1997. Softcover. Olive green & illus. wraps, 220 pp., many BW illus. VG (WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on tp.). Item #149373

"There are millions, maybe hundreds of millions, of objects printed with the Willow Pattern design lining shelves, brooding behind glass door panes, glistening on mantelpieces or clipped to walls all over the planet. What is it we find so appealing about the Willow Pattern, and why has it been the world's favorite for more than 200 years?" (p. 15) A narrative history that's highly illustrated. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and in a separate note to the previous owner.

Price: $29.97