first edition Hardcover
1972 · London
by Bennett, Douglas
London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1972. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). xiv, 369 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear, including slight bumping to some corners. The price-clipped dustjacket is lightly shelfworn, with rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Contains almost 350 black & white photographs of domestic articles of silver mainly from Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Includes a complete set of hall-marks throughout the Georgian period. Includes a section on fakes, forgeries and sub-standard goods. The text is clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside rear cover. First edition.. (Inventory #: 017062)