Gold-Dust and Ashes. The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1942 VG+/VG-. 12mo. original orange cloth (spine a little slanted, a trifle rubbed, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, spine ends slightly chipped); pp. x, 286 (last colophon), with illustrations + endpaper maps. A very good copy.. Fifteenth Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021720
- 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
- VG-
- Edition
- Fifteenth Edition
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Gold Dust Ashes Lae Morobe Papua New Guinea Ion Idriess
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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- VG+/VG-
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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