Soft covered book titled  LOST WAX BRONZE CASTING  A Photographic Essay on this Antique and Venerable Art  by Harry Jackson, Foreword by John Walker, 1983, ISBN 0442245270, 127 pages.

The 150 photographs illustrating each phase were taken at Jackson's foundry studio in Camaiore, Italy, and some 35 others, many in full color, illustrate the section on the patination and coloration of bronzes as well as the author's introduction, which presents a brief, lucid history of this ancient art.  A glossary of technical terms includes clearly detailed drawings.  This is an absolutely essential reference for all interested in bronze art.

This book is in VG condition, pages are intact, and the binding is tight.  Light moisture mark on the front edge of the cover, as seen in the photo.