Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. This is the 1960 printing. No names, no stickers. Text is clean and bright. Binding cracked with pages attached. DJ has creases, edgewear and small rips. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: VG in Poor jacket. Edgewear, bumped corners on boards, DJ discolored, flaps nearly off, pieces missing from front of DJ, repaired with tape. read more
Description: Reader copy. Ex library paperback, usual date stamps inside, 1962 edition, cover and page edges grubby, otherwise a good working/reference copy, will despatch within 24hrs. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. Moisture mark to some bottom page corners w/some wrinkling, edgewear, front cover has 2 light circular marks from coffee cup; b/w photos; 297 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. VAN NOSTRAND CO. NJ
Date Published: 1962
Description: Fair in Poor jacket. Light wear, but, there is a bow to the book from improper storage. May straighten if kept flat. The dust jacket is complete but has a lot of tears. No marked pages. Not a remainder. Not an ex-library book. No loose or torn pages. read more
Description: Good. NO DJ. Oversized Hardcover no DJ. Good, with average condition problems for its age. Book has been read but remains straight, clean, and tight. Some ink underlining and former owner's name on ffep or inside front cover. Good book with repair to hinges. No remainder mark. Former owner's bookplate and rubber stamping inside front and rear cover. In sealed plastic protection. 2ND. 1962. Oversized Hardcover no DJ. read more
Edition: 2nd Edition, 12th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY
Date Published: 1962
ISBN-13:9780442276232ISBN:0442276230
Description: Near Fine in None as Issued jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace creasing to upper back corner. First published 1955; this 2nd Edition of 1962 entailed entire rewrite of text, and is, in John Sinkandas' own words, "a completely new book". New illustrations replace old, gemstone descriptions enlarged, species expanded, and, portions eliminated. Fundamentals of gem cutting with detailed descriptions and augmented with drawings and photos. Fine copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand; Macmillan
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. 413p., ill., 24 cm. 4197. Pages are clean, white and crisp. Cover has minimum shelf wear and spine has faded abit. Very good condition. read more
Description: Very Good+ Van Nostrand Reinhold; First Edition; Fourth Printing; 1960; 413 pages, bound in black cloth, dark red title band. Illustrated. Map of gem-bearing areas of U.S. on endpapers. VERY GOOD book with minor shelf wear. Interior crisp, unmarked. No jacket.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. 297p., ill., 16 cm. Second Edition, Blue cloth book with photo illustrated dust jacket-with some light wear. This book looks at the science and techniques of cutting gemstones & the varied attributes of different stones. B&W photos & diagrams appear throughout. Every step described in detail & illus. with drawings & photographs. Advice on the latest tools & equipment. 297 pages; 8.5"x11". Previous ed. (B56-1132) 1955. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Princeton NJ
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; No DJ. Minor wear. Inscribed and signed on dedication page by author. Tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; 413 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand, (1955), NY
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very Good. x, 397pp+ index. This is a very good hardback in a plain brown, possibly homemade jacket. Offsetting and scattered foxing to the prelims, otherwise internally very good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold/co Wiley
ISBN-13:9780442076115ISBN:0442076118
Description: Like New. #1103 1955 1st edition hardback in FINE CONDITION. Scarce to find first edition in any condition, this one is fine! No dustjacket, published by van Nostrand, 1955. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Van Nostrand; Macmillan
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very Rare 1st Ed Hardback w/ Very Good Dust Jacket. Pages all Intact and Clean. On Front Page where someone's name was has been cut out. Jacket Show Light Wear. Selling Books of Quality and Distinction Since 1990. 413p., ill., 24 cm. Selling Books of Quality and Distinction Since 1990. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Hardcover, second edition. Clean and tight without marks or tears. Slight stains to page ends. Bumping to corners and ends of spine. See our customer image. Previous ed. (B56-1132) 1955. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. VAN NOSTRAND CO. NJ
Description: Good. B000RBH1MW Hardcover Book with dust jacket is used in good condition. Withdrawn from a library with the usual card pocket, library stamps, etc. read more
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