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The Magic Of Jewels & Charms
by Kunz, Frederick George
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Printing [J.B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1915]; xv, 422; dark blue cloth, titling in light blue with gilt design to front board & spine, top edge gilt, rough-cut foredge, a little rubbed & bumped at extremities, profusely illustrated with 8 full-colour plates & over 80 double-tone & line illustrations, dampstain at foredge affecting most pages [at worst, 10cm in length & encroaching 4cm into page from foredge, but most page text unaffected due to 3cm wide margins] ownership stamp of South Australian jewellery firm Wendts Limited on ffep. Kunz was an American mineralogist who published a number of books on precious stones & worked with numerous highly regarded institutions including New York's Museum of Natural History.
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- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011049
- Title
- The Magic Of Jewels & Charms
- Author
- Kunz, Frederick George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1915
- Pages
- 422
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- gems, gemstones, precious stones, pearls, diamonds, ruby, adelaide, south australia
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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