THE GOLD MAKERS: Ten Thousand Years of Alchemy. by Doberer, K.K

The history of gold and those who tried to manufacture it. The pages are a little toned, but evenly so. The pages are clean and unmarked, the corners are square, and the binding is tight. The spine does not seem to have gotten much sun. No dust jacket. A very good+ copy.

London, England: Nicholson & Watson. Hardcover. 1948. 1st Edition. 8vo 301pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ is lightly soiled and has some wear at spine ends . Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners' claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base metals into the noble metals gold or silver, as well as an elixir of life conferring youth and immortality. Western alchemy is recognized as a protoscience that contributed to the development of modern chemistry and medicine .

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Octavo. 301pp. Line drawings. A little toning on the pages, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with "History of Science" written in red pencil on the front cover.

London,, 1948. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Ex Library copy with the usual markings, slight wear and wrinkling to cloth, near very good.. 8vo. pp viii, 301. Original publisherÕs brown cloth lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations.