Description: Item Is in VERY GOOD condition with some normal minor shelf wear.The pages inside are pristine with no highlighting, marks, or writing; no dog earing or bent pages. The dust jacket is in VERY GOOD condition with minimal light dents and scratches on the front and back, but they blend in with the background and are not really visible; it has minimal fraying and denting along the top and bottom back edges and at the crown and foot of the spine, but all is minor. (Please see pictures as they are part of the description). Overall in VERY GOOD condition.This is a history of pearls in human history, in art and fashion, and a history of pearl oyster culture and pearl fisheries. The book has diagrams of how pearls grow inside oysters and of different kinds of mollusks. With gorgeous color and black and white photos. This book is an informative history as well as a beautiful coffee table book.
Price: 20.98 USD
Location: Newport Beach, California
End Time: 2024-08-11T21:13:07.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.88 USD
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Signed By: N/A
Book Title: Pearls: A Natural History
Book Series: N/A
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.5 in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Unit Type: oz
Language: English
Item Height: 12 in
Personalized: No
Features: Notes, Bibliography, Illustration Credits, Index, Acknowledgments
Topic: History of Pearls in Design and Art, Jewelry and Design, Mollusks, Nature, Pearl Oyster Culture, Pearls, Pearls in Fashion, Science
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Width: 1.5 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Harry Abrams, Inc.
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: 2001 First Edition
California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
Publication Year: 2001
Type: Hardback History
Literary Movement: N/A
Era: 1900s
Illustrator: Various photographers
Author: Neil H. Landman, Paula M. Mikkelsen, Rudiger Bieler, Bennet Bronson
Genre: History, Fashion and Design, Nature and Biology, Pearls in Fashion and Art, Pearls, Pearl Oyster Culture, Natural History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 51 oz
Personalization Instructions: N/A
Number of Pages: 232 pages
