Geology, Opal, Lapidary from Lawrence Jones

Lightning Ridge: The Authors, 2001. 18pp, col ills, glossary. Near new. Giide to the NSW opal mining town of Lightning Ridge.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Lightning Ridge: The Author, 1995. 32 pp, illustrated throughout in full colour, full-page map at the inside rear cover. Full page opal image inside front cover. There are two pages of four detachable postcards, one at the front and one at the book. Illustrated light card cover lightly worn at the spine. The book covers Yowah history, as a… Read more about this item

Buranda: Robert Brown & Associates, 1991. 4to, unpaginated [28pp], illustrated in full colour throughout, double-page spread: Sunset over the Coocoran Lake, map at inside rear cover. Lacks the four postcards originally attached to the rear cover. Picture of miner's hut on front cover. Scarce. . First edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Adelaide: Mines and Energy Resources, South Australia, 1997. 18pp, col ills. Pictorial wraps. Near new. South Australia produces over 50% of the world's opals.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Hobart: Mineral Resources Tasmania, 2007. 29pp, references, maps, col ills. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to covers.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1979. 158pp, index, further reading, glossary, appendices, bw & col ills, maps. Red cloth in jacket. Slight fading to spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Rockhampton: The Author, 1986. 56pp, bw ills, maps. Pictorial card. Ex-government department library with stamps/labels/card pocket. Local history of the central Queensland sapphire fields.. Third Edition, Revised. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Ex-Library.

Lightning Ridge: The Author, 2010. 8vo (210 x 150 mm), 16 pp, illustrated throughout by the author's full colour photographs and with diagrams, map showing Australian opal centres. Illustrated stapled light card cover. SIGNED by Len Cram. . Signed by Author(s). First edition.. Soft Cover. Fine (New).

Sydney: Currawong Press, 1988. 112pp, index, further reading, glossary, maps, bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. A state by state guide to finding Australian gemstones.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Sydney: Reed Books, 1986. HEAVY. 256pp, index, bibliography, glossary, num col ills, maps. Green cloth in jacket. 2cm tear to bottom front of jacket, very small tear at bottom of rear spine fold-otherwise only minor edge wear to jacket. Australian paleobotany.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Melbourne: Book Generation, 1992. xix, 172pp, index, bibliography, appendices, map, bw & col ills, endpaper maps. Or tan boards in jacket. Protective plastic cover taped to reverse of jacket-this has been attached too tightly causing rippling of the jacket. The story of the search for oil in PNG from an insider's perspective, culminating in the dicovery at Kutubu in 1986..… Read more about this item

Hobart: Oldham, Beddome and Meredith [distributors], 1944. 164pp. Pictorial green on gray jacket attached at spine over plain wraps. Covers creased near spine, tear at front flap fold, bookseller stamp on title page, page edges evenly toned and light foxing to prelims. Tales of early Australia including the opal fields, Pilbara and other Western Australian goldfields, Aborigines, and more.. First… Read more about this item

Perth: Fred. Wm. Simpson (Govt Printer), 1934. xvi, 366pp, index, glossary, references, num bw ills, diagrams, tables, maps. LACKS THE 4 MAPS AT REAR. Cloth backed papered boards. Apart from the aforementioned maps the book is in nice condition.. Second Edition, Revised. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1962. Introduction by F S Mance. x, 296pp, b/w ills, glossary, index. Yellow cloth boards in jacket, Light offset toning to endpapers, prev owner name/details on front free endpaper. Jacket bright and fresh with several minor tears, foxing to rear. NOT price clipped. An attractive copy. Prospecting for gold and other precious minerals and gems in… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, 1990. VERY HEAVY. xv, pp985-1828 + 45pp index, references, col plates, maps, charts, diagrams, large folding map in rear pocket. Pictorial glossy boards issued without jacket. Endpapers and map foxed, rear endpapers silverfished, minor edge wear, small scuff bottom front corner. Second volume of this massive two volume set.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, 1990. VERY HEAVY. xxiii, 982pp + 45pp index, references, maps, charts, diagrams, large folding map in rear pocket. Pictorial glossy boards issued without jacket. Endpapers and map foxed, minor edge wear. First volume of this massive two volume set.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Perth: Geological Survey of Western Australia, 1990. VERY HEAVY. TEXT VOLUME ONLY (does NOT have the separate map case). xxviii, 827pp, index, references. Blue boards titled in gilt. Very slightly cocked, very light thumb soiling to bottom corner.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Urangan, Qld.: GP Creations, 1999. 204pp, num color ills, bw diagrams, glossary, maps, VHS tape. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket with VHS video tape in publishers box. Books and tape as new, some minor wear to box. SIGNED by author on title page. Comprehensive account of the nature, finding, cutting and orientating of black opal including production of doublets… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Critical Concepts, 2013. viii, 268pp, index, endnotes, further reading list, num bw & col ills, col endpaper maps. Pictorial boards, no jacket as issued. As new. SIGNED by author on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Melbourne and Sydney: Thomas C Lothian, 1914. 210 x 160 mm, 227 pp, coloured frontispiece and six coloured plates (four of opal and fossilised opal) all with tissue guards, five b&w plates. With 12-page catalogue for Thomas C Lothian books at the rear. Top edge gilt. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt decoration, front board titles and spine decoration… Read more about this item