{"product_id":"the-great-war-in-delft-barry-steven-berg-9798277303597","title":"The Great War in Delft Blue: a personal journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHY THIS BOOK?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1914 and 1920, as the First World War raged across Europe, Royal Delft produced a quiet, thoughtful series of commemorative plates. They did not glorify battle. They did not celebrate victory. Instead they recorded the emotional posture of a neutral nation surrounded by war: vigilance, restraint, endurance, and guarded relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together the history, craft, symbolism, and market reality of those plates, alongside one collector's personal connection to them. Drawing on factory archives, decades of collecting, and life experience shaped by military service, the author traces how these ten plates became not just a set of objects, but a thread of continuity from his grandfather's Great War to his own Vietnam years and forward to his grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart technical reference, part historical study, and part personal testament, The Great War in Delft Blue is written for scholars, collectors, and future custodians who may one day find themselves asking: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat are these plates, and why do they matter so much?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Steven Berg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798277303597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Barry Steven Berg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520177647871,"sku":"9798277303597","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b173375-0935-42d2-a707-a4adb5d863d7.jpg?v=1778741211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-war-in-delft-barry-steven-berg-9798277303597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}