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Fortunes in Minerals: Simple Tests and How to Make Them
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Poor with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Disbound. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Rebound in the past in library cloth binding, but now disbound. Text block detached from covers. Cloth split and ragged along all of the rear joint and nearly all of the front joint. Half-title page nearly detached, with tears and chips along the inner margin. Light dampstains to margins of a few leaves. Several library rubber stamps. Text block in good condition overall, in need of rebinding. ; x, 128 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Page dimensions: 205 x 133mm. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13135
- Title
- Fortunes in Minerals: Simple Tests and How to Make Them
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Disbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Leaves
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