Prospecting for Gold. From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant, and from the Dolly to the Stamper Battery. With chapters on Tin, Osmiridium, Platinum, Opals and Oil... With a Chapter on Prospecting for Oil by Dr W.G.Woolnough
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1966 VG+/VG+.12mo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked, top edge spotting) in dustwrapper priced $3.00 30s.. (slightly rubbed & nicked, a few spots to flaps, occasional marks); pp. x, 296, with illustrations. A very good copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027437
- Title
- Prospecting for Gold. From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant, and from the Dolly to the Stamper Battery. With chapters on Tin, Osmiridium, Platinum, Opals and Oil... With a Chapter on Prospecting for Oil by Dr W.G.Woolnough
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Ion Idriess Prospecting for Gold Mining Instruction
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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