Buy this book on-line de CASTRES,ELIZABETH: : The Observer's Book of SILVERLONDON.FREDERICK WARNE (PUBLISHERS) LTD.,1980. ISBN 0723216134.
UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
FINE+.No owner inscrptn.Really bright,
crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,plastic-laminated bds with colour photographic illustrated front bd,with red+black lettering,rear bd with numbered list of Observer series titles,immaculate,
spotless and clean plain white eps.Red lettering to spine/backstrip exceptinally bright,vibrant and crisp.[Usually spine/
backstrip's letttering is normally either minimally faded/sunned - a ubiquitous fault due to unfortunate choice of colour (red) used.Or in some cases the red lettering disappears completely - a problem that remained for the subsequent following reissues of other titles.] Top+
fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,
crisp,sharp-cornered glazed bds.UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-186pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with acknowledgements to it's recto,a glossary,author preface,an introduction,an
A-Z of silver,profuse part-page b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,Hallmarks,Date marks,cleaning silver,
museums,further reading and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,1st page of contents list/table and 2pp blanks
at the rear.
Overall,a really,really exceptional example with NO ageing,NO yellowing and NO spine/backstrip browning and NO sunning
or fading.
This small book can be carried o assist in identification of silver.It contains a detailed chapter on hallmarks with lists of date letters for easy reference and forms a basic guide for readers who are interested in silver generally or who are collectors.It embraces in handy form all types of silver from the historical great salt used in medieval times to a teapot made by a modern silversmith in 1979.Many of the objects described are illustrated with b/w photographs.There are also details about faked silver,techniques of manufacture,style and ornament,Sheffield plate and electro-plate.
Some of the latter titles in this series are known to have become scarce - being recalled and pulped, thereby limiting supply.But when they do turn up they are invariably in a nice condition - this title and example is one of those in both those categories.A really exceptional copy. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,
and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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