Gems and Gem Minerals
Farrington, Oliver Cummings
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 4, 2000
Quantity: 1From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 4, 2000
Quantity: 1About this Item
Quarto. 229pp. Green cloth with gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece color illustration of the twelve birthstones. 16 color plates plus 71 b/w half-tones photographs, line engravings, drawings, maps and tables illustrate this classic work on gemology. Thoroughly covers gem properties, such as color, luster, hardness, specific graviaty, optical, electrical, phosphorescence and fluorescence; forms, cutting and mounting; valuation and price; imitations; superstitions; with individual essays on 60 gems. Index. Binding lightly frayed at edges and ends of spine. Foxing and age-toning in block, not affecting images. Starting at endpapers. In overall good- condition. Seller Inventory # 36588
Bibliographic Details
Title: Gems and Gem Minerals
Publisher: A.W. Mumford, Chicago
Publication Date: 1903
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: g-
Edition: First edition.
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