The Book of Gold by Blakemore, Kenneth - 1971

New York: Stein and Day, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth, lettered in gold foil. Light shelf wear. 224 pp., illus. in color, b&w. Dust jacket shows two small areas of surface paper loss along top front edge, slight chipping at head of spine, approx. 10% surface paper loss to rear panel along top edge, now in archival mylar..

Stein and Day, 1971T. unbound. Very Good. 0.7500 10.0000 8.0000.

Stein and Day, 1971. Large hardback in very good plus condition with near fine dust jacket. Smudge on outer side edge of pages. Dust jacket is clipped.. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.

New York: Stein and Day. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 224 pp. .

Stein and Day, 1971. hardback in very good+ condition with near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine.

U.S.A.: Stein and Day, 1971 HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,FIRST PUBLISHED 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Stein and Day. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0812814134 . First edition. Small quarto, 224 pages, indexed, color and black and white illustrations throughout. Boards are very slightly splayed, else near fine in a near fine (top corner of front flap is clipped - probably British price, U.S. price at bottom of flap is intact) dust jacket with just a touch of edge wear at the crown of the spine. .

Stein and Day, 1971. hardback in neawr fine conditoni with very good minus price clipped dust jacket.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY Stein & Day Publishers, 1971. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to extremities; former owner's address label at the top of the pastedown endpaper; binding shows slight lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows moderate wear to extremities, and shows scant loss due to rubbing and a small chip at the top of the front hinge; mild rubbing overall; price has not been clipped (its at the lower corner of the inside front flap), but the upper corner of same has been clipped (perhaps a pre-publication advance price has been removed). Shows some wear, but remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy in a lightly worn DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 224pp. Profusely illustrated in Color and Black & White. Hardback with DJ. An excellent historical overview of gold in culture, jewelry and society. Readable and informative, covering the sources… Read More

Stein and Day. Used - Very Good. 1971. Unbound. 4to. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. Some shelf-wear. Else a clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Decorative Arts).