Geology, Gold & Mining
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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls;
$200.00 Add to cartDavid Jeffries
London: E. Lumley, No date.
In which their importance is considered; and plain rules are exhibited for ascertaining the value of both; also the true method of manufacturing diamonds. First published in 1750, being “the first book in English to describe how diamonds and pearls can be evaluated on the basis of the factors of size (or weight) and style of cut”. This edition, while stated as the Fourth Edition, is produced by the London bookseller Edward Lumley sometime in the 19th century, and differs from the fourth edition of 1871 “While resembling the 4th edition, it has been prepared by a different publisher and the contents are drastically re-arranged. The explanation of technical terms omitted in the previous edition (despite its claim to completeness!) is here restored.” SINKANKAS 3203. Though given the career of Lumley it is likely this edition was published prior to the 1871 fourth edition. -
Geology of the Commonwealth
$60.00 Add to cartT. W. Edgeworth David
Melbourne: Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, 1914.
Reprinted from the Federal Handbook on Australia, Issued in Connexion with the Visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to Australia, 1914. -
How & Where to Find Gemstones in Australia & New Zealand
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Revised Edition. Reprint.
25cm x 19.5cm. 486 pages, illustrations, some colour, maps. Green cloth, white lettering, pictorial jacket.
Near Fine Condition in Good Jacket. Minor shelf wear. Bookseller’s label of Canty’s, Canberra. Jacket lightly worn, but misfolded up upper fold. Near Fine Condition. -
Beautiful Opals: Australia’s National Gem
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Special 2000 Commemorative Edition. Signed by Author
28.5cm x 21cm. 80 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Previous owner’s name. Near Fine Condition. -
Opal: The Phenomenal Gemstone
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First Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 112 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Rare opal journal with papers on Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australian opal mining and collecting, with other papers on opals around the world.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
Untold Miles: Three Gold-Hunting Expeditions Amongst the Picturesque Borderland Ranges of Central Australia
$600.00 Add to cartMichael Terry
London: Selwyn & Blount, [1932].
Scarce account by explorer and author Michael Terry of one of his many journeys through Central Australia. Includes prospecting reports and encounters with aboriginals. Photographic illustrations throughout. -
Building and Ornamental Stones of Australia
$100.00 Add to cartR. T. Baker
Sydney: Technological Museum, 1915.
Technical Education Series, No. 20. Technological Museum, Sydney. -
My Fourth Tour in Western Australia
$300.00 Add to cartAlbert F. Calvert
London: William Heinemann, 1897.
The first edition of Calvert’s fourth tour of Western Australia. An early travelogue with hundreds of illustrations by Walker Hodgson, from photographs, and with a folding colour map showing the gold field regions. FERGUSON 7823. -
Economics of the International Coal Trade: Why Coal Continues to Power the World
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Second Edition.
24cm x 15.5cm. xxxiv, 463 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial glossy papered boards, pictorial jacket.
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Geological Investigations in .. The Gascoyne, Ashburton & West Pibara Goldfields
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 13.5cm. 184 pages, [3] advertisements, folding frontispiece map, 13 folding colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text. Quarter cloth, papered boards.
Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 33. With petrological notes by J. Allan Thomson.
Corners rubbed, especially upper fore-edge tail. Some tanning. Minor foxing. A few of the maps with moderate but still marginal closed tears at tail hinges, one with a couple of closed tears along edge folds. Good Condition. -
The Copper-Mining Industry and the Distribution of Copper Ores in New South Wales
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First Edition.
24.5cm x 15cm. [iv], 197 pages, 45 plates (5 folding), 1 large colour folding map. Quarter cloth, papered boards.
Boards foxed. Cracked after preliminaries, still holding though tender. Interior clean and bright. 5cm closed tear to map at hinge tail. Good Condition. -
Lost Mines: Historic Mining Sites in the Monaro – Southern Tablelands Districts of New South Wales
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First Edition.
25cm x 17cm. [vi], iii, 197 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Discolouration to wrappers. Creasing to spine. Previous owner’s name. Good Condition. -
SME Mineral Processing Handbook (2 Volumes)
$150.00 Add to cartNorman L. Weiss
New York: Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1985. -
The Geology and Geomorphology of the Portland Area
$80.00 Add to cartN. Boutakoff
Melbourne: Department of Mines, 1963.
Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir No. 22. -
Memoirs of the Geographical Survey of Victoria No. 17: The Mornington Peninsula
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Second Printing.
33cm x 20.5cm. 84 pages, 2 folding colour maps, black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth tape spine.
Minor shelf wear, foxing, and tanning. Previous owner’s name. Very Good Condition. -
MIC ’96: New Developments in Metallogenic Research: The McArthur-Mount Isa-Cloncurry Minerals Province: Extended Abstracts
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. [ii], vi, 161 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Minor shelf wear. Binding defect to final leaf, creased at gutter. Very Good Condition. -
Industrial Rock and Mineral Resources of the Beenleigh and Murwillumbah 1: 100 000 Sheet Areas
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First Edition.
28cm x 22.5cm. [iv], 64 pages, 4 folding maps in rear pocket. Wrappers.
Stamp of Royal Society of Queensland to wrappers front panel and map versos. Minor soiling and discolouration. Insect damage to cloth edges of jacket pocket. Good Condition. -
North Queensland Gold ’89 Conference
$40.00 Add to cartAustralian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Melbourne: Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1989.
A conference focused on the gold exploration, mining and processing industry of North Queensland. 18-20 April, 1989. -
Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea: 2. Coal
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 18cm. xi, 398 pages, maps. Blue cloth, gilt lettering.
Minor foxing, mostly to edges. Very Good Condition. -
Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea: 3. Petroleum
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 18cm. xi, 541 pages, maps. Blue cloth, gilt lettering.
Minor foxing, mostly to edges. Very Good Condition. -
Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea: 4. Industrial Minerals and Rocks
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 18cm. xiv, 423 pages, maps. Blue cloth, gilt lettering.
Foxing to top edge. Minor private library markings, blacked out. Good Condition. -
The Geology of Australia
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
24cm x 23cm. xii, 276 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Very minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
A Journey with Colour Volume Two Part A: A History of White Cliffs Opal, 1889-1999
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First Edition. Signed by Author
30cm x 21.5cm. 368, colour illustrations. Illustrated glossy papered boards.
Signed on mounted frontispiece plate.
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A Journey with Colour (4 Volumes)
$4,000.00 Add to cartLen Cram
Lightning Ridge: Len Cram, 1998-2006.
The complete set of A Journey with Colour, the 4 volume history of opals in Australia. Full list of titles: Volume 1. A History of Queensland Opal, 1869-1979 (1998); Volume Two Part A. A History of White Cliffs Opal, 1889-1999 (2002); Volume Two Part B. A History of Lightning Ridge Opal, 1873-2003 (2004); Volume Three. A History of South Australian Opal, 1840-2005 (2006). All volumes signed on mounted frontispiece plates. -
Beautiful Australian Opals: A Guide to Buying
$60.00 Add to cartLen Cram
Lightning Ridge: Lightning Ridge Miners’ Association Ltd., 2003. -
Miners’ Tales from the Black Opal Country: Lightning Ridge NSW Australia
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First Edition.
21cm x 14.5cm. 104 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
. Fine Condition. -
Opal: Identification and Value
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First Edition. Signed by Author
23.5cm x 15cm. x, 210 pages, [4] advertisements. Pictorial glossy papered boards.
Minor to moderate shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
The Spirit Of The Child
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Second Edition.
21cm x 15.5cm. 227 pages, 12 plates, 12 advertisements. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering, gilt and blind decoration, no jacket.
“Only the loving are passionately happy!” This and many other pearls of wisdom did Tullie C. Wollaston seek to pass on to his children and the children of others in this earnest, thoughtful book for all ages. Filled with love of nature and the earth, Wollaston writes accessibly and with humour about what he believes every child should grow up understanding about truth, charity and the nature of a good life.
Minor flecking to cloth. Minor discolouration to spine. Previous owner’s stamp to front pastedown. Very Good Condition. -
Opal: The Gem of the Never Never
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 13.5cm. xi, 164 pages, 14 plates (3 in colour). Original cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket.
Cocked. Minor chipping to spine head and tail and with small split at crown of upper joint. Lower joint cracking, still holding but tender. Previous owner’s inscriptions. Some leaves with a marginal chipped corner. Fair Condition. -
Lithgow State Coal Mine: A Pictorial History
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 122 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Stories of the mine and some of its workers.
Minor insect damage to top edge. Minor soiling. Crease to lower wrappers. Good Condition.