The Ages of Gold: Mines, Markets, Meerchants & Goldsmiths from Egypt to Troy, Rome to Byzantium, and Venice to the Space Age by Timothy Green - 2007

London: GFMS Limited, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Black cloth with gilt (naturally!) lettering to fr. and sp. 446 pp. (prelims in roman), 4 8 pp. blocks of coloured ills ex-pagination. Unclipped jacket (will add protective sleeve when ordered. I might note these jacket illustrations and design differ from that on another copy I am listing, though design credit the same. Unclear why this should be, the other jacket is, in my opinion, in some ways better, but difference fairly marginal. Explanation may lie in this having 'Sharps Pixley Bullion Brokers' at bottom of spine instead of GFMS, though only that appears on t.p. 19.5 cm x 26 cm

GFMS Limited, 2007. Very good. First. .

London: GFMS Limited, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Black cloth with gilt (naturally!) lettering to fr. and sp. 446 pp. (prelims in roman), 4 8 pp. blocks of coloured ills ex-pagination; front end-paper has fulsome inscription to 'Tim Williams' sig. by author, dated November 2007. Pristine unclipped jacket in protective sleeve as acquired. A small clipping of a letter by author, with col. ills, slipped in to fr. jacket wraparound, source not given. I might note that jacket illustrations and design differ from that on 2 other copies I am listing, though design credit the same and lack ISBN number to back. Unclear why this should be, this jacket in some ways better than others, explanation may lie in fact the others have a 'Shapps Pixley Ltd. Bullion Brokers' logo to bottom sp., though only GFMS on t.p.. 19.5 cm x 26 cm