Jewellery Reference and Price Guide 2nd edition

This book was first published in 1976 and its popularity has been such that it has been reprinted several times. This edition is styled a “2nd revised edition”, but the sparse details in the author’s brief introduction to the new edition lead one to believe that only the prices have changed, though I did spot several new titles listed in the bibliography. Fortunately, my library has the earlier edition and I take the publisher to task for not telling the user the full extent of the changes. They are not even doing themselves justice. Although Poynder’s text is unchanged apart...