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Diamonds And Precious Stones: Their History, Value, And Distinguishing Characteristics. With Simple Tests For Their identification. By Harry Emanuel, F.R.G.S.  Second Edition, With A New Table Of The Present Value Of Diamonds .

Diamonds And Precious Stones: Their History, Value, And Distinguishing Characteristics. With Simple Tests For Their identification. By Harry Emanuel, F.R.G.S. Second Edition, With A New Table Of The Present Value Of Diamonds .

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Diamonds And Precious Stones: Their History, Value, And Distinguishing Characteristics. With Simple Tests For Their identification. By Harry Emanuel, F.R.G.S. Second Edition, With A New Table Of The Present Value Of Diamonds .

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London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1867 .. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 6.75" x 5.25" x 1.5". pp.xxii./pp.266/pp.32 (Adverts) . Later brown calf spine and corners over stained boards. dulled gilt title stamped to the leather onlay of the front board. Spine with 4 raised bands and dulled gilt banding. Patterned endpapers. Original blue cloth cover with gilt decoration, laid-down to free-front endpaper. Blue coloured title, with light foxing to page edges. Clean text throughout + 5 tinted plates (all with light foxing to page edges). "Chatto & Windus's List Of Books." (pp.32), dated 'October 1884.' A well preserved copy of this scarce book.

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Title
Diamonds And Precious Stones: Their History, Value, And Distinguishing Characteristics. With Simple Tests For Their identification. By Harry Emanuel, F.R.G.S. Second Edition, With A New Table Of The Present Value Of Diamonds .
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EMANUEL, Harry .:
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London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1867 .
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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...
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....
Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Raised Band(s)
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