The Romantic World of Gold by Nolan, Tony - 1980

Bay Books, Sydney, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic & Maps. acknowledgements, bibliography and index. Dark blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, maps and black and white illustrations. Plain text paperback binding with orange, blue, gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and orange, gilt and white coloured titles to the back strip. "For thousands of years, perhaps tens of thousands of years, gold has been set apart from all other of the world's minerals. Gold! The very word summons emotions which are at once the very best and the very worst in the range of human experience." -- from the rear panel blurb.The author brings together the history of gold.  Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and of the panels. Fading to the back strip with a little aged honing of the text block edges. A musty smell emanates from the book when it is opened.  Size: Trade Paperback. 117, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Mining; History. ISBN: 085835442X. ISBN/EAN: 9780858354425. Inventory No: 0121467. . 9780858354425