Adele Kenny's Staffordshire Animals: A Collector's Guide to History, Styles, Values (Schiffer Publishing, 1998) is an extensively illustrated reference devoted to the development, manufacture, and collecting of Staffordshire animal figures. This First Edition, First Printing, verified by the complete number line '1 2 3 4' - covers the traditions of British ceramics, major potteries, modeling and decorating techniques, and the evolution of animal forms from the 18th through 19th centuries. With hundreds of color photographs, glossaries, appendices, and practical dating guides, the volume remains an essential resource for collectors and researchers. This copy is in Near Fine / Near Fine condition. The book itself is clean, sharp, and firmly bound, with pristine text pages and no writing or internal marks. The dust jacket is likewise Near Fine - bright and glossy, showing only the most minimal hints of handling, protected in a removable Brodart vinyl cover. Production values are high, with heavy coated paper stock and excellent image reproduction characteristic of Schiffer's collector-focused monographs. Enhancing its appeal, this copy includes three pieces of laid-in ephemera reflecting the collecting activity of a previous owner: a 2015 visitor parking pass, a decorative autumn-leaf card, and a tag from The Twelfth Annual Antiques Show at The Kerr Memorial Museum (March 5-6, 2016). These items add provenance texture and a meaningful connection to the antiques and ceramics community. Adele Kenny is an American poet, historian, and nonfiction author whose work has appeared widely in literary journals and reference volumes. In addition to her writing on antiques and material culture, she has published numerous poetry collections and served as a creative writing educator. Her research on Staffordshire spans decades and is reflected in several well-regarded collector's guides.