Prospecting for Gold; From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant, and from the Dolly tot he Stamper Battery. With chapters on prospecting for Opal, Tin and other Minerals
by IDRIESS, Ion L
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- Condition
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1932. Third edition, enlarged. Good. Hardcover : pp. x, 272 (4) xviii (publisher's advertisement) : blue cloth covers with title to spine.
Lettering to spine faded to be nearly illegible; cloth covers are scuffed and abraded with large patch of wear to centre of spine and further nibbling to tail; some foxing and soil marks to edges of block; light foxing to first and last leaves. First published in 1931, Idriess's 'how-to' manual was extremely popular, going into a second print run within a month. By 1932 it was into its third edition and over the next decade several more editions followed, making it a compendium of information for any historian of mining and metallurgy.
Lettering to spine faded to be nearly illegible; cloth covers are scuffed and abraded with large patch of wear to centre of spine and further nibbling to tail; some foxing and soil marks to edges of block; light foxing to first and last leaves. First published in 1931, Idriess's 'how-to' manual was extremely popular, going into a second print run within a month. By 1932 it was into its third edition and over the next decade several more editions followed, making it a compendium of information for any historian of mining and metallurgy.
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- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3473
- Title
- Prospecting for Gold; From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant, and from the Dolly tot he Stamper Battery. With chapters on prospecting for Opal, Tin and other Minerals
- Author
- IDRIESS, Ion L
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition, enlarged
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Mining and resources; Gold; precious metals; engineering; mining and metallurgy
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