A Practical Guide to the Best Means of Testing Gold, Intended for the Use of Emigrants to the Gold Regions
by Keates, Thomas W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor with No dust jacket as issued
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Horne, Thornthwaite, & Wood. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1852. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Publisher's olive cloth with gilt lettering and blindstamped decoration. Light edgewear and soil, bumped corners, and uneven toning. A few small chips of spine cloth missing. Binding is separated at half-title and rear gutter; old scotch-tape repairs along gutters at boards and some of the first/last pages. Small chips/tears to first/last few pages. Interior lightly toned and foxed. Small simple engravings of equipment used for gold testing. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 71 pages .
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- Old Editions Inc.
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- 9608
- Title
- A Practical Guide to the Best Means of Testing Gold, Intended for the Use of Emigrants to the Gold Regions
- Author
- Keates, Thomas W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- 1st UK edition
- Publisher
- Horne, Thornthwaite, & Wood
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science / Chemistry;
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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