Gems, Minerals And Mining from

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1995. 127pp, index, glossary, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Slight bumps to front corners. More valuable than gold, Coober Pedy's quality opal can be worth as much as $5000 per ounce, in its rough state. Coober Pedy produces the bulk of Australia's opal supply to the world. Here is the story of Coober Pedy and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Currawong Press, 1988. 112pp, index, further reading, glossary, maps, bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. A state by state guide to finding Australian gemstones.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Salisbury, Zimbabwe: Pioneer Head, 1977. 143pp, bw ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Cover rubbed at folds. Skipper Hoste was Captain of B Troop of the Pioneer Corps and in charge of the flag raising ceremony at Fort Salisbury (Rhodesia) in 1890. This book is a personal account of the occupation and settlement of Rhodesia, including the search for… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1995. 129pp, notes, few bw ills. Dark green cloth in jacket. Very light foxing to top edge. Emily Skinner not only kept a shipboard journal on her voyage to Australia in 1854, but later recorded her reminiscences of a colourful life as a gold miner's wife. Her impressions of a young Melbourne are follwoed by her… Read more about this item

Launceston, Tasmania: Regal Press (printers), 1980. v, 49pp, bw ills, map. Green pictorial card. Near new. Local history of St Patricks River in Tasmania including the Lisle Gold Mine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: The Author, 2007. xiv, 338pp, index, num bw & col ills, endpaper maps, page marker ribbon. Pictorial glossy boards. Ex-library with withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper, label to spine-otherwise a very nice copy. Pearling in north-western Western Australia (Cossack and Broome) along with experiences in WWI at Gallipoli, Sinai and France. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/None, as… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Book Generation, 1992. xix, 172pp, index, bibliography, appendices, map, bw & col ills, endpaper maps. Or tan boards in jacket. Protective plastic cover taped to reverse of jacket-this has been attached too tightly causing rippling of the jacket. The story of the search for oil in PNG from an insider's perspective, culminating in the dicovery at Kutubu in 1986..… Read more about this item

Sydney: Department of Mines., 1962. 8pp + large folding map in rear pocket. Buff card. Damp stain at top, crease to top corner. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936. Foreword by Herbert Basedow. x, 251pp, index, frontis and b/w plates, endpaper maps. Orange cloth, no jacket. Very slight fading to spine, very light foxing to page edges, prev owner name and note on half-title page. Nice fresh copy of an early (ish) edition. Forst published 1931. The story of the Central Australian… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937. 343pp, endpaper map, 19pp bw photographs, 10pp adverts for other Idriess titles. Or green cloth titled in black, no jacket. Light foxing to page edges otherwise a very nice copy. Fictional portrayal of Broome's deep sea diving and pearling industry in the early 1900s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Melbourne: Great Southern Press / Pipeline Publications, 2008. 192pp, num bw & col ills, ads. Glossy white pictorial boards. Near new. The Australian Pipeline Industry Association has played a major role in developing the infrastructure in the oil, gas and water sectors.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Christchurch, NZ: The Author, 1962. 158pp, bw ills. White & pale green wraps titled in maroon. Wraps creased with several small chips and short tears, prev owner name on title page, minor tanning & foxing. New Zealand and Tasmania.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. x, 285pp + 7pp publisher ads, glossary, bw ills, endpaper maps. Orange cloth titled in black, in jacket. Jacket with short tear and small chip at head of spine and bottom of rear panel, several short tears at top of front flap fold), small scuff to front panel; but bright and fresh in appearance. Some… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. xii, 260pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Tape stains to endpapers, page edges evenly toned. True first with silver compass to front board (a second printing the same year lacks the compass). Very nice jacket-NOT price clipped. A glimpse into the mineral rich tip of Cape York Peninsula where Idriess went… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Mines Department, 1967. 88pp text, 15 bw plates (some folding), 9 text ills, 13 tables, col frontis, large folding map in rear pocket. Slight silverfishing to cloth, a few small bug spots to rear endpaper.Explanitory notes on the stratigraphy, structure and economic geology to accompany the geological map of Melbourne & suburbs (1959, Scale 1:31680). Includes sections on gold,… Read more about this item

Townsville: History Department James Cook University of North Queensland, 1982. xi, 325pp, illustrated with b/w photos, maps, figures, tables. Light foxing to page edges, minor rubbing to front edge of spine. Pictorial card. Volume II only. This volume of papers on North Queensland mining history with the earlier volume together cover major aspects of mining history in North Queensland from… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1994. xvii,299pp, index,bibliography, notes, glossary, appendices, bw ills, maps, tables. Or card covers. A couple of tiny spots to top edge otherwise near new. In an ethnically stratified workforce Aboriginal, South Sea Islander, Torres Strait Islander and Japanese divers brought up shell that produced mother-of-pearl, and sometimes pearls. This volume charts the progress of pearl shelling… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1935. xvi, 318pp, index, bibliography, appendices, 54 bw ills, 3 maps. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket worn at folds with tear at bottom of front flap fold, several other short tears and small chips. Prev owner name written on top and bottom edges, and at top of Chapter 1. Scarce early account of Ocean Island and… Read more about this item

Hobart: Oldham, Beddome and Meredith [distributors], 1944. 164pp. Pictorial green on gray jacket attached at spine over plain wraps. Covers creased near spine, tear at front flap fold, bookseller stamp on title page, page edges evenly toned and light foxing to prelims. Tales of early Australia including the opal fields, Pilbara and other Western Australian goldfields, Aborigines, and more.. First… Read more about this item

Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, 1988. 116pp, bibliography, chronology, num bw ills, map. Pictoril card. Near new. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.