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Good in Good jacket. Dustjacket has a pale, triangular water stain at top left angle of back cover, and back board has a lighter one. No discernible mold. Otherwise very good.
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Good hardcover copy with jacket, solid binding, mild to moderate reading/age wear, jacket has some mild edge wear, may have ex owner inscription and/or some light markings. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
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VG-/G+ (book shows light corner andedge wear-dust jacket has some soiling to from and back cover as well as a few small tears at top spine and corners, pronounced crease in front flap, still protective) Black cloth boards with stamped lettering on spine, gray and color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 328 pp. BW and color illustrations. "Since its humble beginnings as a diamond merchant in turn of the century Paris, the house of Van Cleef & Arpels has steadily built a reputation for quality, originality, and luxury in the realm of jewelry, with many branches in the great centers of fashion. With the collaboration of the Arpels family and eminent representatives of the house, Sylvie Raulet has assembled a fascinating account of the firms's spectacular rise, evoking the personalities who contributed to its renown, offering and tantalizing glimpses of its wealthy, famous and eccentric clinetele, and allowing us insight into the jeweler's world. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 1925 Art exposition in Paris, creator of the minaudiere beauty kit mimicked widely by others houses, and inventor of the serti mysterieux, or invisible setting, which revoluntionized jewelry making, the house of Van Cleef & Arpels has always been a precursor in the art of jewelry. With an empire that extends throughout the world, Van Cleef & Arpels tempts women near and far into its famous 'Boutique. '"-dust jacket description.