The Art of the Lapidary by Francis J Sperisen

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Hardcover. Condition: Skillful. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain express notes, underlining or highlighting that does bear upon the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such every bit CD, codes, toys, may not exist included.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
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Hardcover. Condition: Practiced. Grit Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-Library with standard markings.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Milwaukee, 1953; dark-green material covered boards with gold encompass titles and spine titles; mild corner and edge wear; soiling to boards; 8vo - over vii 3/iv" to 9 3/four" alpine; no jacket; lite soiling to endpapers; previous owner's proper noun on flyleaf, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked. 382 pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Status: Fair. 1st Edition. Bluish boards, tarnished metallic titles, corners sharp, binding potent, pages make clean and unmarked. Some slight shelf vesture. Dj is unclipped, price $6.50, missing large fries, many small chips and tears. You will notice that my book descriptions are non generic, saying "may take." certain conditions. All descriptions are written with actual book in mitt.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. This is an es-library book from Dunwoody Industrial Institute. It has quite a few library markings, none that would hinder with its utilise. It is 9 1/2" Ten six one/4" wide.
Hardcover. Condition: VERY Adept. Calorie-free rubbing habiliment to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(south).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback in very skilful minus condition. Name and accost written on 1st blank page.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The Bruce Publishing Visitor. 1953. 2d printing corrected, stated on colophon. 8vo hardcover w/No DJ. Condition is Very Good.Green cloth boards, edges and corners prove no wear. Spine cover shows lightest bumps to both head and heel. Interior free from any markings or tears. All pages are white and glossy. Binding and hinges are strong. Non ex-lib re-create. You lot won't be disappointed. Size: 8vo.
The Fine art of Lapidary

Sperisen, Francis J.

Published by The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Winsconsin United states, 1950

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Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Book Very Expert +. Grit Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Adept +. First American Edition. 382 pages including index, bibliography, glossary & appendix. Dustjacket has 6mm loss to bottom spine-end, chipping to top spine-end, small-scale rubbing to spine-edges, creases to edges with low-cal rubbing, 2cm nicks to acme front corner & top rear, rubbing with minor fries to corners. Book has calorie-free/very low-cal article of clothing to corners, calorie-free article of clothing with some tiny creases to spine-ends, some foxing to top folio-edges, excellent b/west diagrams & photos. Text is spotless. Very nice status.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with very good minus grit jacket. Name plate. Revised Edition.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Revised Edition. The dustjacket has some edgewear and small chips - protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Book is in excellent status. "Carefully written but not difficult to follow, this new edition is not just the definitive handbook for all enthusiastic lapidaries only an amazingly heady introduction to this fascinating field." ; Minor 4to 9" - 11" tall; 390 pages.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard cover. Ex libris plate on front end pastedown. Head of spine bumped. Lightly foxed on edges. Pastedowns and gratuitous endpapers are discoloured. Else this book is house, tidy and in very good condition. Dust wrapper is rubbed and, lightly foxed front and back. Spine is discoloured, faded and has library catalogue tag. Head and tail edges are showing vesture and tear. Small tear on head border has been repaired with tape. Else in very good status. *We e'er describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.
The Fine art Of The Lapidary

Francis J. Sperisen

Published by Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wi, 1961

First Edition

Hardcover. Condition: Well-nigh Fine. No Jacket. Showtime Edition. Every bit New Clean And Tight In Cherry Material Boards, Slightest Border Rubs Only, Interior No Names Or Marks, Square And Tight. no.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Grit Jacket Condition: Expert. Revised Edition - English Translation. 6.25" X 9.v" 7, 390 pps. B/West photographs and diagrams throughout. Extremely modest stamp in red via previous possessor on endpaper. Text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Dark crimson cloth-covered boards with bullheaded embossing on front comprehend and gold stamping on spine is clean with minimal wearable. Stake blue DJ with 4-color photograph on cover and white type is intact but has chipping and paper loss on upper and lower edges. Written past a lapidary this book is a comprehensive and definitive handbook for the trade. In protective mylar.
Milwaukee. 24x16. Tela edit. 390 pgs. Numerosas fotos e ilust. Libro.
Hardcover. Condition: Off-white. Dust Jacket Condition: Off-white. Ex library hardback no DJ; usual stamps/markings. Boards/spine are worn wit a piddling fraying to base of spine, some very minor highlighting otherwise a clean, sound re-create. Ready for firsthand despatch from Britain. 32C*.
Paperback. Condition: ANCIEN. XII pp. 390 pp. With illustrations and photographs in-text. First Edition - Genre : Lapidary, Gems, Gemstones, Precious Stones,
2d printing, corrected. x, 382p., colored front., b/w illus, dj, quarto format, writer's signed presentation copy.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Status: Good. Revised. 390 pages. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. Black and white illustrations. "The long-awaited revised edition of the volume which has brought knowledge of gemstones and a new enthusiasm and interst in the fine art of the lapidary to thousands of readers. Long considered the definitive handbook in this fascinating field." - from dust jacket. Light wear to volume which bears prior possessor's proper name atop front end free endpaper else make clean and unmarked. Average wearable to dust jacket which is now preserved in a sleeky new archival-grade Brodart cover. Squeamish clean solid re-create.
Hardcover. Status: Skillful. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Owner and Gift Inscriptions, Signed Past Author/Slightly Soiled.
Leather Spring. Condition: Good. 2d Edition. A nice copy. Text in make clean/unmarked condition. Cover shows wear and spotting. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. Nosotros send daily. Expedited shipping available.
THE ART OF THE LAPIDARY.

Francis J. Sperisen, Lapidary. San Francisco, California.

Published by (Milwaukee: Bruce, [1961])., 1961

First Edition

8vo, orig. cloth, [xiv], 390pp. Illustrations throughout in line and halftone. First Edition. Fine crisp copy. SINKAKAS #6287.