Jewellers’ & Watchmakers’ Pocket Book by A. Selwyn (Advisory Editor)

The Jewellers’ & Watchmakers’ Pocket Book is a compact trade reference for the jewellery and watchmaking trades, published by Heywood & Company Ltd with A. Selwyn as advisory editor.

Selwyn was a well-known writer for the British jewellery trade. This copy of the Jewellers’ & Watchmakers’ Pocket Book is the 1951 first edition.

Despite its small size, it runs to 503 pages of practical information for the trade. Its contributors include B. W. Anderson, one of the most respected names in twentieth-century gemmology.

Pocket references like this were made to be used at the bench and behind the counter. They give a valuable picture of how the jewellery and watch trades worked in the mid-twentieth century, and copies in usable condition are now seldom seen.

The Jewellers’ & Watchmakers’ Pocket Book is a useful addition to the library of any watch and clock collector, gemmologist, jeweller or horology enthusiast, and will also interest collectors of vintage trade handbooks.

Condition – Good

This Jewellers’ & Watchmakers’ Pocket Book is a small hardcover bound in maroon cloth. The gilt titling on the front board and spine is very faded but still legible, with wear to the spine ends and corners.

The rear hinge is partly separated and the binding is a little soft. The pages are clean throughout. A sound working copy.