Howe, J.A. (1914). A Handbook to the Collection of the Kaolin, China-Clay and China-Stone in the Museum of Practical Geology. London: HMSO,

HMSO

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Howe, J.A. (1914). A Handbook to the Collection of the Kaolin, China-Clay and China-Stone in the Museum of Practical Geology. London: HMSO, 271pp + 9 plates. Hardback. Light brown cloth-covered boards, minor shelf-wear. Binding firm. Foxing inside front and rear covers. Library bookplate, and stamps on title page, otherwise clean. In good to very good condition.

Revised edition written after the finished products of manufacture were removed from the collection to the V&A museum, this book concentrates on the deposits primarily in the British Isles, but with significant sections on kaolin, china-clay and china-stone in the rest of the world.