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The Rush That Never Ended; A History of Australian Mining
by Blainey, Geoffrey
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1964. (Hardcover) 367pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, photographs, bibliography, index. The spine is cocked, the dust jacket is rubbed and worn, and there is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper and blind stamp on the title page. "The last continent to be found in Europe's age-long search for treasure, Australia has perhaps been more affected by the winning of base and precious metals than any other country. The finding and mining of metals have influenced racial policies, unionism, religious life, law and politics". Locale: Australia; Pacific Area. (History--Pacific Area, History--Australia, Law--Australia, Metal, Mining, Resource Development).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153568
- Title
- The Rush That Never Ended; A History of Australian Mining
- Author
- Blainey, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Keywords
- History--Pacific Area, History--Australia, Law--Australia, Metal, Mining, Resource Development
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...