Gem Testing
by B W Anderson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Temple Press Books, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. 7th edition, revised. 383 pages. Illustrated jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Photos embedded in text. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Tape marks to pastedowns and endpapers. some pages slightly loose. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Gilt is bright.Dust jacket is taped to boards, so board condition hard to assess. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear: some loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Rather rubbed and marked overall. Spine very sunned. Jacket taped to boards. Tape marks and repairs. Spine very sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1653471196LSA
- Title
- Gem Testing
- Author
- B W Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Temple Press Books
- Date Published
- 1964
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...