Understanding Jewelry
by Bennett, David;Mascetti, Daniela
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1851492054
- ISBN 13
- 9781851492053
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors Club, 1996. Hardcover, large quarto bound in gray cloth and publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 425 pages. Bibliography, List of approximate auction values circa 1994' Index. Illustrated with 833 color photographs. Revised and updated edition. A single volume reference, compiled by Sotheby's jewelry experts, surveying the identification, dating and valuation of the type of jewelry that one can buy. Practical non-technical english is used to explain important points for each category discussed, with the added benefit of reference to the copious illustrations provided. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy in like jacket. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. . Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014035
- Title
- Understanding Jewelry
- Author
- Bennett, David;Mascetti, Daniela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1851492054
- ISBN 13
- 9781851492053
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors Club
- Place of Publication
- Suffolk, UK
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Jewelry, Fashion, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Reference;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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