The World's Gold: Its Geology, Extraction, and Political Economy
by De Launay, L.; translated by Orlando Cyprian Williams
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Original American edition of this study of the geology, distribution, extraction & processing, and economy of gold. Hardcover, no jacket, as pictured. Light general wear, corners bumped & rubbed, dent to fore-edge of front cover, mended split to inner front hinge. Text clean; xxxii, [2], 242 pages + 8 page publisher's ad; map, tables (one folding). . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0010
- Title
- The World's Gold: Its Geology, Extraction, and Political Economy
- Author
- De Launay, L.; translated by Orlando Cyprian Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York / London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Mining, Money, Monetary Systems, Chemistry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metals, Metallurgy & Mining;
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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