Smith, G. F. Herbert — Gem-Stones: Thirteenth Revised Edition (+ ephemera)

London, Methuen, 1958. Hardcover. First printing, this revised edition. 560 pp. XXVII plates, some colour, colour frontis plate, biblio, index, thick octavo, blue cloth, dustjacket. VG text in VG dj with light wear, couple of modest edge-tears. Presentation copy from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, `With the Secretary`s Compliments` slip laid in dated 1960. Also, a couple of colour US postcards of petrified wood, circa 1960. Plus a couple of newspaper clippings from the early 60s on diamond mining in South Africa and pearl farming in Japan. Very Good.