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Janson, Dora Jane

Item 031319From Slave to Siren. The Victorian Woman and Her Jewelry From Neoclassic to Art Nouveau.

USA: Duke University Museum of Art, 1971. 1st Edition. Paperback. Soft creases and slightly curled corner. Top portion of end-paper cut off, as for removing an inscription. Interior clean. 25 color plates and 183 b/w illustrations. 4to.

Price: $77.00

Meylan, Vincent.

Item 66929Queens' Jewels.

Printed in Italy. Assouline. 2002. First edition. Paper over board. Hardcover paper (grey) over boards with complete d/j. Folio. 205 pp. Heavily illustrated with stunning b/w and full colour plates, most being full-page. Includes a chlorobromide/silver print portrait of Queen Mary taken by Hay Wrightson (1947) in mylar sheath added.....

Price: $350.00

Prior, Katherine; and Adamson, John.

Item 67473Maharaja's Jewels.

Printed in China. Vendome Press. 2000. First edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover cloth (grey) over boards with complete d/j. 4to. 205, [3] pp. Illustrated with over 100 vibrant full colour plates of drawings, paintings, and photographs with the majority being full-page. The Vendome Press printing of the first edition originally.....

Price: $250.00

Proddow, Penny; Fasel, Marion

Item 032039Henry Dunay: A Precious Life

Usa: Harry N. Abrams, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover With Complete Dj. Copiously Illustrated In Color. Copy In Excellent Condition.This Book Includes A Biographical Essay By Penny Proddow And Marion Fasel, An Essay On Dunay'S Use Of Colored Stones By Mineralogist George Harlow, And An Essay On Dunay'S Society And.....

Price: $75.00

Richter, Anne; Carpenter, Bruce W.

Item 032210Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago

Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with complete Dj. Copiously illustrated in colour.

Price: $150.00

Solange Azagury-Partridge

Item 031105Solange Azagury-Partridge

UK: Solange Azagury-Partridge, 2010. Hardcover. Black hard cover illustrated in color in very glossy paper. In rear pocket houses a 34 multiple color pages notebook. Elastic band wrap around. 8vo.

Price: $113.00

Zeitner, June Culp; Lee, Hing Wa

Item 032540How to Carve Jade and Gems

USA: Northern Gem Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with green boards. Gilt title and illustration to front cover. Illustrated throughout in b/w and color. Clean, unmarked, and square. 8vo.

Price: $150.00

Anscombe, Isabelle; Gelfer-Jorgensen, Mirjam; Greenbaum, Toni; Soros, Susan Weber; Taylor, David A.

Item 66463Georg Jensen Jewelry

U.S. BGC, 2005. 1st edition. Binding firm and intact. Large 4to. 350pp. Hardcover with complete DJ. Illustrated throughout, mostly in colour. DJ with slight scuffing, scratches, and edgewear. Rear board with small chip to bottom. Light red stain to top of textblock. Interior clean and bright.

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Bariand, Pierre, et al.

Item 5859The Larousse Encyclopedia of Precious Gems

N.Y. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. 1st. Cloth. 248pp, with nearly 400 colour photographs. 4to.

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Becker, Vivienne

Item 10113Antique and 20th Century Jewellery

NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. Cloth. 299pp. Countless b/w illlustrations & 50 colourplates. Ink name on front free endpaper, and corners slightly bumped; small closed tear on front dj panel. 8vo.

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Becker, Vivienne

Item 13776Art Nouveau Jewelry

NY: Dutton, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in complete dj. 240pp. 326 illustrations, many in color. Minor shelf-soiling; volatile dj colour faded on front dj panel. 4to.

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Becker, Vivienne

Item 13296The Jewellery of Rene Lalique

Scotland: The Goldsmith's Company, 1987. Wraps. 192 pp. Exhibition catalogue with over 200 illustrations, most in colour and many full-page. 4to.

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Becker, Vivienne

Item 10223Rough Diamonds: The Butler & Wilson Collection

NY: Rizzoli, 1990. Hardcover. Hardcover in complete dj. 175pp. Numerous illustrations in colour and b/w. Remainder mark on bottom edge and front hinge started; but actually near fine else. 4to.

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Bell, Howard L., Jr.

Item 20439Cuff Jewelry A Historical Account for Collectors and Antique Dealers

Raytown, MO: Bell's, 1993. Wraps. 102 pp. Illustrated with 1225 examples on 61 colour pp. 4to.

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Bennett, David & Mascetti, Daniela

Item 19905Understanding Jewelry

Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 2000. Cloth. Hardcover with complete Dj. 738 illustrations in colour and 30 in b/w. 4to.

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Bizot, Chantal;Posseme, Evelyne;De Gary, Marie-Noel

Item 29571The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger

USA. Abrams, 2001. Cloth. hardcover with complete Dj/150 illustratations, licluding 90 plates in full color. 157pp. 4to.

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Black, J. Anderson

Item 18529A History of Jewels

London: Orbis, 1974. Cloth. 400 pp. Fully illustrated with over 500 colourplates. Rear board slightly bumped. Slipcase near fine. 4to.

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Boardman, John

Item 15984Greek Gems and Finger Rings. Early Bronze Age to Late Classical

N. Y. Abrams. Cloth. n.d. (ca. 1972). 458 pp. With 1385 illustrations, including 51 in full colour. Ink name and marginal stain on front free endpaper, and light stain on fore-edge, not penetrating margins; edge-worn dj; but interior otherwise bright & clean. 4to.

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Boardman, John & Scarisbrick, Diana

Item 21918The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings

London: Thames & Hudson, 1977. Cloth. Hardcover in complete dj. 149 pp. 382 illustrations, 10 in colour. 4to.

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British Museum;Tait, Hugh;Gere, Charlotte

Item 30024The Art of the Jeweller: A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum Jewellery, Engraved Gems, and Goldsmiths' Work. 2 Volumes.

London, UK: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1984. Cloth. Hardcovers with complete Dj. Vol.#1 for the text, Vol#2 for the plates. With 1400 b/w and 115 illustrations. 4to.

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