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Fortunes in Minerals : Simple Tests and How to Make Them
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and RNZAF number on front endpaper. Also RNZAF number in margin of page 21. Moderate foxing to page edges and endpapers. Dust-jacket with foxing and some small chips and tears to margins. Both flaps of dust-jacket are price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, 128 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Grey-green cloth boards with black lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. "This friendly book will save the mineral seeker time, labour and expense in teaching him where to look for mineral deposits, how to recognize mineral-bearing rocks, and how to identify the minerals they contain" - from dust-jacket blurb. Advertisement for "Cyaniding for Gold" on rear panel of dust-jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16962
- Title
- Fortunes in Minerals : Simple Tests and How to Make Them
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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