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Cyaniding For Gold, A Complete, Simple and Detailed Account of the Process Written Especially for the Working Miner and the Small Syndicate
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/New
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/New. Octavo (standard book size). Drawings, diagrams, black and white photos and tables throughout. Several fold-out pages. The book has a forward by A N Graham. In this book Ion Idriess has brilliantly accomplished the task he set himself and that was to explain to non-technical readers the action of chemicals in the complex process of recovering gold by cynanidation. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 270 pages. Some small smudged marks on several pages throughout and a gren-ink smudged maek on front free endpaper. Binding is tight but endpapers split along spine, both front and back, exposing the webbing. All pages intact and tight. Spine slightly cocked.. Faint foxing on inside covers and endpapers, text unfoxed. Dust jacket is a fasimile and is in very good condition . Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner’s name in ink on inside front cover. Edges browned slightly. Boards are worn at top and bottom of spine, slight split on cloth on spine, fading on spine and rubbing on spine. Edgewear on boards and marks on boards. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Natural History & Resources; Mining, Prospecting & Fossicking; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51033. Binding is tight but endpapers split along spine, both front and back, exposing the webbing. All pages intact and tight. Spine slightly cocked. Some small smudged marks on several pages throughout and a gren-ink smudged maek on front free endpaper Faint foxing on inside covers and endpapers, text unfoxed Edges browned slightly Boards are worn at top and bottom of spine, slight split on cloth on spine, fading on spine and rubbing on spine. Edgewear on boards and marks on boards.
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51033
- Title
- Cyaniding For Gold, A Complete, Simple and Detailed Account of the Process Written Especially for the Working Miner and the Small Syndicate
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 270
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mining, Prospecting & Fossicking BZDB397 mining, cynaniding, gold, Ion Idriess, mines Natural History & Resources; Mining, Prospecting & Fossicking; Cyaniding For Gold A Complete Simple and Detailed Account of the Process Written Especially for the Worki
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
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Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Tight
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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