Newnes-Butterworths, London, 1975 (third edition), 1975. 932pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good+ hardback in not so good dustwrapper. Apart from some foxing and staining on endpapers and edges, this book is in very good condition, with colour and black-and-white photographs. Dustwrapper spine is discoloured and has identification stickers and tape residue. Dustwrapper is worn around the crease, with a tear at botom and top of spine and is price clipped, but otherwise intact. Book has some minimal edge wear. 938pp including index, col frontis, plus 22 full-colour plates; b&w photos, charts, line drawings, etc. Please expect extra postage. Size: 255x56p45mm. internally, pages and endsheets clean and unmarked; binding tight and square; in very good pictorial dust jacket which as I mentioned before is missing a small piece (half inch square) at bottom and top of spine. Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.4 x 2.3 inches Weight: 5.4 pounds Since it was first published in 1962 `Gems', written by Robert Webster and revised in its fourth edition by Basil Anderson, has become universally recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative treatise on gem materials in the English language. In this fifth edition, edited by Peter Read, the forty chapters, appendices and tables have been revised by fifteen gemmologists chosen for their expertise in the relevant sections. Aimed at the professional jeweller and student gemmologist, Gems also caters for the collector of gems and the layperson who is interested in precious stones. Review 'Any serious gemmologist should have a copy available for ready reference.' - Gems and Gemmology' a truly magnificent book.' - New World this quitessential textbook and reference will serve yet another generation of students of gemmology.' - The Australian Gemmologist From the Publisher Aimed at the professional jeweler and student gemologist, Gems also caters for the collector of gems and the layperson who is interested in precious stones.
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