The Retail Jeweller's Handbook and Merchandise Manual For Sales Personnel, The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith
by Selwyn, A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Heywood & Company Ltd., 1955. Preface to Fifth Edition.... Foreword to Sixth Edition by G.F. Andrews (with errata). A. Selwyn's book has proved to be indispensable to the person entering the jewellery trade, and a convenient and reliable book of reference for the more experienced. For this sixth edition, chapters on clocks and watches have been added and expanded. The main contents have been divided into five parts: Part 1 - Merchandise For Personal Wear.... Part 2 - Materials Used For Jewellery.... Part 3 - Manufacture of Jewellery.... Part 4 - In The Shop.... Part 5 - Clocks and Watches. Each part offers from three to seven chapters each. The 25th chapter is followed by a glossary of terms. An appendix deals with (a) weights, melting points, specific gravity... (b) gold and silver prices... (c) index. Eight very nice plates (in colour) provided... plate one being the frontispiece. The gems shown in the plates are of natural size. Profusely illustrated by 308 figures and a number of tables. Many well illustrated pages of advertisments by varied companies provided (pages 445 to 498). Scarlet cloth boards. Gilt title print to front board and spine remains bright. Name to fep. This book is bright and attractive.. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1951
- Title
- The Retail Jeweller's Handbook and Merchandise Manual For Sales Personnel, The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith
- Author
- Selwyn, A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Heywood & Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Manufacture of Jewellery+ Jewellery Design + Jewellery Fashion + Jewellery Hall-Marking + Jewellery Repair + Jewellers Handbook + Clocks + Watches + Gems +NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business/Industry;
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