BOLMAN,

J. The Mystery of the Pearl. 38 photographic plates showing 188 images; 19 text illustrations; map. 4to, publisher's lettered wrappers; largely unopened, scattered light foxing, occasional light marginal creasing. Leiden, 1941 first edition written by the Director of the Laboratory of the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Research of Precious Stones and Pearls, Leiden. "A fine book on the natural history of the pearl... this monograph remains one of the best ever published"--Sinkankas 757.