Prospecting for Gold: From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant
by Ion Idriess
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1931. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Second Edition. 125mm x 185mm. Cloth has heavy wear and general pale flecking (foxing/silverfish?). A 3cm tear at top rear adjacent to spine. Tanning to edges of page-block. An 11cm tear at front hinge. Inscription to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to feps. Light scattered foxing, mainly to page margins. A couple of pages have heavier foxing. The binding remains sound. Pretty rough on the outside but internally fair. 204pp plus promotional pages. Enlarged second printing of 2000 copies in same year as first edition..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027803
- Title
- Prospecting for Gold: From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant
- Author
- Ion Idriess
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, Australia
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 125mm x 185mm
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lectioz Books
Biblio member since 2009
Gloucester, New South Wales
About Lectioz Books
Welcome to Lectioz. We are an internet-based bookseller located in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.The majority of our inventory is non-fiction, with a bias towards the Arts - in all its forms. In addition we stock books on Australian History, Natural History, Transport, Exploration, Science and many other subjects
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