Gold-Dust and Ashes. The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1935. Eighth Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1935. 12mo., 5" x 7 1/2", x+285pp., 8pp. ads, illustrated with b/w plates, frontis, map endpaper. Gold cloth with black titles.Bit of foxing on rear flyleaf and pastedown, with a trace on front edge of page block, previous owner bookplate on verso of frontis. Near fine, bright, clean and crisp. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009233
- Title
- Gold-Dust and Ashes. The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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