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Gems - Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification
by WEBSTER, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gems - Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification
WEBSTER, Robert
Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1970, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards black with gilt decoration and decorative blue/gilt spine label (see scans), black/gilt end bands, colour frontispiece in addition to 22 colour plates numerous b/w photographs and line drawings in the text, 838 pp.
Boards clean and firm, bumps to fore-edge corners, smattering of pale marks to rear, neat inscription on front free end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, edges of text block lightly dust stained. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper (see scans), edge worn, grubby in some areas, 0.5cm closed tear to spine head, price clipped.
SCIENCE, GEOLOGY, GEMSTONES, ORIGINS, RECOVERY, TYPES, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES, IDENTIFYING TRUE GEMS AND IMITATIONS, CUTTING, POLISHING, MARKETING
46691 SCI/GEOLOGY £31.50
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46691
- Title
- Gems - Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification
- Author
- WEBSTER, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 838 pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCIENCE, GEOLOGY, GEMSTONES, ORIGINS, RECOVERY, TYPES, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES, IDENTIFYING TRUE GEMS AND IMITATIONS, CUTTING, POLISHING, MARKETING
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- SCIENCES;
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Daisyroots Books Ltd
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine Label
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG/VG
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Shelf Wear
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