World Pub, New York, (1972), Ist American edition., 80 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket.Boards are clean black cloth, with gold lettering on the spine.Pages are clean, except for the last blank page that has some light soil and light moisture damage from a possible liquid spill, in the bottom corner, and a few spots of splash on the bottom page edges, from this same liquid, possibly coffee. Dust jacket has a few small tears along edges w/ edgewear and the same light stain on inside fold.

Profusely illustrated in color. "includes a preponderance of the older antique and potentially antique figures. The author does, however, have a strong awareness and appreciation of the modern connoisseur figures; pieces painstakingly produced today to a very high standard of artistry. The historical development is, therefore, traced up until the present day, both in the introduction and in the comprehensive range of figures".