Rocks & Minerals
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A Field Guide To Rocks and Minerals
by Frederick H Pough
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
Rocks & Minerals Books & Ephemera
Life on the Australian Goldfields
by Stone, Derrick I. & Mackinnon, Sue
Sydney: Methuen Australia. 1976. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 224 pages.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$22.00
Rocks and Minerals
by Herbert Zim and Paul Shaffer
Golden Press, 1957. Softcover. Gems; An identification guide to familiar minerals, gems, ores and rocks. Illustrated in color by Raymond Perlman. (160 Pgs.) Owner's initials and date on cover page. BOOK VVG.
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A$32.48
An Introduction to English Silver from 1660. (Victoria and Albert Museum)
by Turner, Eric
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1985. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 48 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$14.00
Antiques How To Identify and Collect Them
by Cowie, Donald
New York: Castle Books, 1970. Hardcover. Illustrated. Bibliography.Index. Orig. aqua blue cloth. Near fine in worn dust wrapper.. 201 pages.
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A$31.01
Traité des Pierres graveés
by MARIETTE, Pierre Jean
Finely engraved title-pages, engraved dedication leaf to Louis XV, engraved head- & tail-pieces, & many engravings in the text. Vol. I: two engraved plates & Vol. II: 63 engraved plates. 5 p.l., 468, [2] pp.; 2 p.l., xii, [4], 132 (i.e. 135 leaves incl. 47*, 86*, & 107*); 2 leaves. Two vols. Folio, cont. red morocco, triple gilt fillet round sides, spines richly gilt, a.e.g. Paris: 1750. First edition and a magnificent large set bound in contemporary red morocco; this is a...
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A$31,010.00
Gem Testing
by Anderson, B. W
Heywood & Company Ltd, London, 1958.. 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 334pp. index, b/w illus., ads. Very good. / Very good d/w with small tear and crease on top edge. .
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A$24.64
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver
by KREKEL-AALBERSE, Annelies
London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Thames and Hudson, 1989. Quarto; cloth; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper with a few tiny tears.
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A$40.00
THE DIAMOND.
by BLAKEY, GEORGE C.,
London.: Paddington Press, 1977. No printing date, 1977 is copyright date. Dj has closed tears 37, 15mm; 2 cnrs scuffed; head & tail v slightly scuffed. Book has slight edgewear. Illus eps; b&w frontis; 280pp incl index & Appendix of large diamonds; b&w photos, some double p and line dwgs throughout the text; plus 24 pp col plates (no list). Large heavy book - - please expect extra postage. A fine, very informative book - strange that it was never reprinted.. First Edition.. Hard Cover Ochre Cloth....
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A$49.39
Gold is Where You Find It Book 1
by Robinson, Larry & Frost, Christine
Sydney: Published by Author. 1981. Small Quarto Size [approx 18x24cm]. Very Good condition. Neatly covered in clear adhesive film by previous owner. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 218pages.. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$80.00
American Silver
by Phillips, John Marshall
Chanticleer Press, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge nicked dw. Slight browning to the prelims. Overall, particularly well preserved; tight, bright, clean and surprisingly sharp cornered; 128 pages; Description: 128 p. Illus. (part col. ) col. Ports. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 127-128. With 56 reproductions in color and monochrome and 14 text illustrations in line. Series: American crafts series. Subjects: Silverwork --United States
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A$37.12
The Opal Book
by Leechman, Frank
Sydney: Ure Smith, 1969. Colour & b/w photos. Illustrated eps. 263pp. Includes Bibliography & Index. Gold Presentation label from the Australian Government on half-title verso. Minimal library marks. Binding firm and square. Text clean. Priceclipped DJ Protected in library archival jacket.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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A$23.26
Britannia and Muscovy : English silver at the Court of the Tsars / edited by Olga Dmitrieva and Natalya Abramova
by Dmitrieva, Olga. Abramova, Natalya
New Haven, CT : Yale Center for British Art ; London : Gilbert Collection ; [Moscow] : Moscow Kremlin Museums ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 303 pages; Description: 303 p. : ill. (chiefly col. ) , maps (chiefly col. ) ; 26 cm. ""This book was produced in connection with the exhibition,...
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A$65.12
Metals in the Service of Man
by Alexander, William & Street, Arthur
Penguin Books, London, 1964. Revised Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Pelican Book No A 125. 316 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Text marked with Library stamps, but very discreetly, spine unmarked, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. The book is available and will be PACKAGED...
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A$14.95
Diamonds Unlimited
by Burgess, P.H.E
London: John Long. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ is edgeworn with a closed tear to front panel. Book has a small faint stain to upper edge of title page. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 191 Pages. The memoirs of Chief Security Officer at a Tanganyika diamond mine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$30.00
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Gemformation of Primer in Gemology [Signed]
by Paddock, Orlando S
Dallas, Texas: Eskew. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Signed and inscribed to Betty Anderson in 1975 by author. Gems, descriptions, how to buy. Small soiling on foredges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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A$46.52
The Gem Kingdom
by DESAUTELS, Paul E. (author); BOLTIN, Lee (photography)
New York: A Ridge Press Book/Random House Inc. Good with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0394733738 . Stated first printing. A comprehensive look at the world of gemstones, with loads of color photos. Signed on front free endpaper by Paul E. Desautels. --- In softcovers, with various colored gems pictured on cover. Covers with considerable creasing and curling to edges; interior is clean and firm.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 252 pages; Signed by Author .
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A$26.36
Silver (Pleasures and Treasures)
by Came, Richard
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1970. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 128 pages. Pleasures and treasures - an account of the greatest periods of the silversmith's art, the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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A$15.00
A Lost Glitter. Letters between South Australia and the Western Australian goldfields 1895-1897.
by Best, Michael R
Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 1986. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good copy. Black & white illustrations. 258 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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A$15.00
J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals and Writings
by Browne, Lina Fergusson
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (1969).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 419 pages. Illustrated. Previous owner's stamp, in blind. Dust jacket has a couple of chips and tears. Contents clean and tight. Browne was an Ambassador to China, Indian agent, inveterate traveler, artist, and writer. He influenced both Twain and Melville.
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A$71.23
Economic Mineral Deposits.
by BATEMAN Alan M. -
New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1951, 8vo (cm. 23 x 16) legatura tutta tela con fregi e titoli dorati al dorso, pp. XII-916 con numerose figure nel testo. Dorso scollato, strappo alla sguardia anteriore, con lievi annotazion a matita.
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A$33.24
Dictionary of Gemmology
by Read, Peter G
Butterworth Scientific, 1982.. 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 240pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. Book and wrapper covered in clear adhesive plastic. .
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A$13.44
History and Use of Diamond
by Tolansky, S
Methuen & Co, 1962. HARDCOVER. G+ / G+. 8x6x0. GOOD-PLUS HARDBACK-WITH-DUSTJACKET
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A$17.27
The Australian Amateur Lapidary : An Introduction to Gem-cutting
by K.J. Buchester
Sydney, Australia: Ure Smith, 1967. Jacket has general wear and small tears. Previous owners name to top of front free endpaper. 211 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good (minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A$23.00
A True Narrative of Som Remarkable-Procedings the Ships Samson, Salvadore and George, and Severall other Prize-Ships, Depending in the Admiralty..
by VIOLET, Thomas
London, 1653. First. hardcover. xiv + 114pp. The 1 large folding table is torn but complete. Pages are age- toned and foxed with soft edges on some leaves. Thin small folio, magnificently rebound in full deep burgundy morocco with ornate gilt and blind-tooled decorations on the covers and spine; marbled endpapers. London: Printed in the Yeere of our Lord, 1653. First edition. Rare.<br/><br/> Expose, addressed to Cromwell and Parliament, of ships which had attempted to take out of the country...
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A$9,303.00
