The Barrier Silver and Tin Fields in 1888, being a Series of Letters Written by a Special Correspondent of 'The South Australian Register', 'Adelaide Observer', and 'Evening Journal', and Re-printed from those Papers.
by Correspondent, A Special
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0724300082
- ISBN 13
- 9780724300082
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA), 1970. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, red cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), adverts front & rear pages, foldout map inside rear cover, owner's written names. 86 pp. Facsimile edition, by the Libraries Board of South Australia, and originally published in 1888. A description of the recently discovered Broken Hill lead-zinc ore deposits, as reported in an Adelaide newspaper by an anonymous author ('A Special Correspondent').
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16250
- Title
- The Barrier Silver and Tin Fields in 1888, being a Series of Letters Written by a Special Correspondent of 'The South Australian Register', 'Adelaide Observer', and 'Evening Journal', and Re-printed from those Papers.
- Author
- Correspondent, A Special
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0724300082
- ISBN 13
- 9780724300082
- Publisher
- Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA)
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- australian history, earth sciences, geology, mining, silver, tin, letters, media, newspapers, south australia, new south wales (nsw), broken hill, facsimile edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- EARTH SCIENCES;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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