Description

Hardcover, ivory colored linen covered boards, in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 240pp., Appendix, Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with monochrome and color photographs. First edition, first printing. Probably the first encyclopedic treatment of all known uses of ivory, painstakingly collated researched over a seven year period. Over 300 items illustrated with 16 plates in color and 52 in black and white. An invaluable reference work for collectors. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, nmarked copy. Old Scribner’s retail price sticker on lower rear dust-jacket panel. Fine in fine dust-jacket.