So, I purchased this book without reading the "fine print" that says there are no illustrations in the book. So, essentially, it is a listing of the pieces in the collection with descriptions of various pieces that cannot be seen because ....you guessed it - THERE ARE NO ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PIECES.In my opinion, this makes this book pretty worthless. The book was originally written to illustrate this superb collection of pottery, but without the illustrations, it really is a waste of paper. A scan of the original book, with illustrations, can be found on the internet for free as a PDF download.