Prospecting for Gold
by IDRIESS Ion L., W G Woolnough
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
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Wellington, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1932. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. protected in an archival Brodart clear cover now. States that there were 2000 of each edition of editions 1, 2 and 3. Very rare with it's dust jacket.
pp. x, 272, xviii catalogue at rear, Dark blue cloth covered boards lettered in gold to spine - mottled appearance; light yellow paper wrapper lettered in black. Wrapper is lightly soiled eps and half title are toned and soiled; light foxing to first and last few pages. 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.
pp. x, 272, xviii catalogue at rear, Dark blue cloth covered boards lettered in gold to spine - mottled appearance; light yellow paper wrapper lettered in black. Wrapper is lightly soiled eps and half title are toned and soiled; light foxing to first and last few pages. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3995
- Title
- Prospecting for Gold
- Author
- IDRIESS Ion L., W G Woolnough
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Collectable;
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About the Seller
The Last Word
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- Cloth
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- Brodart
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