Gold-Dust and Ashes. The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1948 12mo. original orange cloth (a trifle rubbed, a few spots, prev. owner's name to half-title, else clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. x, 286 (last colophon), with illustrations + endpaper maps. A very good copy.. Twentieth Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021751
- Title
- Gold-Dust and Ashes. The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Twentieth Edition
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Ion Idriess Gold Dust and Ashes Lae Morobe Papua New Guinea Gold Mining Melanesia Pacific Oceania
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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