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Boston: Oxford University Press.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 0878171398 . NOT A REPRINT. Original HARDCOVER WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, BOTH IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Printed by the Oxford University Press in1941 with the original blue linen covers. Clipperd price corner to dust jacket. Information to 1936. A most wonderful book on the history and evolution of Mexican silver. Includes branches of the silversmith's art and the guild of Mexico. Includes an illustrated section on Mexican silver marks. A must for the collector or jewelry dealer. Fantastic sections on marks and makers. An additional 183 black and white plates. A massive book. Now in a protective mylar cover. Scarce. ; B&W Photographs; 8 ½ by 11; 459 pages .

Oxbow Books. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0946897115 . Like new hardcover. Dustjacket has a tiny "snick". A definitive guide in the the original hardback version, not the softcover reprint. "As a collector of brooches ranging in date from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, Hattatt concentrated on British Iron Age and Roman types. Included are descriptions and line-drawings of some of the more important pieces in his collection." Includes information on chronology, types, etc. ; Black and white illustrations; 8" - 10"; 420 pages .

Watson-Guptill Publications. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0823006409 . Now in a removable archival protective clear mylar cover. A lovely unused copy with beautiful color illustrations throughout. Book Description - "A resplendent visual history of jewelry during the last century! Whether they are precious stones or costume jewelry, beads and baubles have never failed to fascinate. Christie's Twentieth-Century Jewelry tells the beguiling story of decorative jewelry over the past 100 years. This authoritative and beautifully illustrated guide details how jewelry fashion became inevitably entwined with the swirling rush of socio-political changes that characterized the last century-from the glittering wares of the affluent 1920s, to the cheaper yet highly innovative jewelry of the war years, to the dwindling years of the century when an exciting variety of sculptural designs proliferated. It also links the important technological advances of the 20th… Read More