Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers, and Allied Traders, 1838-1914: From the London Assay Office Registers by John Culme ISBN 13: 9780907462460

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine.. Quarto. xlvi, 504, viii, 391 (1)pp. Original illustrated dustjackets, black lettering on spine, over gray cloth with gilt lettering on covers and spines. Gray endpapers. "The Directory covers the period when Great Britain was the foremost industrial country of the world. London, as a flourishing port, the capital city of a great empire, attracted manufacturing gold and silversmiths, retailers and allied traders from all over the country to register their marks at its assay office, Goldsmiths' Hall. John Culme of Sotheby's was given access to the Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and from his twelve years of intensive research of these and other records of the period, the biographies which make up Volume I have been compiled." (Publisher). John Culme's introduction is illustrated with b/w photographs of places and objects pertinent to his. The biographies introduced in Volume I are complimented by a complete list of marks of… Read More

Antique Collectors Club Ltd. Hardcover. 0907462464 ** Signed gift inscription by John Culme to previous owner on the front endpaper **; Very Good++ in a Very Good jacket (both vols); Hardcover; Complete 2-Volume Set; Dust jackets for both volumes are clean with no tears, and have not been price-clipped, but have a few small scratches (Now fitted with new, Brodart jacket protectors); Very light wear to the boards of both volumes with "straight" edge-corners; Textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages of both volumes are bright and unmarked; The bindings are excellent with straight spines; This book set will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Heavy (6.0 lbs); Gray and gold dust jackets with titles in blue-gray lettering; 1988, Antique Collectors' Club; 392 pages; "Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers, and Allied Traders, 1838-1914: From the London Assay Office… Read More