Lance Salway's book of gold and gold-hunters - Softcover
- PublisherViking Children's Books
- ISBN 10 0722654197
- ISBN 13 9780722654194
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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Book of Gold and Gold-Hunters
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Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth
(1978)
ISBN 10: 0722654197
ISBN 13: 9780722654194
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Chris Molan (illustrator). 1978 First Edition. Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, 1978, first Edition. Hard Cover. Book & Jacket Condition : Good, browning of jacket. Bookseller Inventory # 000322. N/A. Seller Inventory # 000322
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Gold and Gold-Hunters
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(1978)
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Chris Molan (illustrator). First Edition. Dust jacket slight mark, now in a protective sleeve unclipped. Pictorial covers. No inscription. 136 pages clean and tight. `This day some kind of mettle was found in the tail race that looks like goald.' Gold it was, and this discovery by a workman in a California sawmill was the beginning of the great gold rush of 1849. From all over the world people flocked to California to make their fortunes, facing enormous danger in their desire to find as much gold as they possibly could. But the great gold rushes of California and the Klondike were not the start of the story of man's search for gold. Since the beginning of recorded time people have been intrigued and obsessed by gold: King Midas asked that everything he touched should turn into gold; the medieval alchemists searched for the Philosopher's Stone which would turn base metal into gold; and the conquerors of Peru (perhaps the most successful gold-seekers of all time) collected a fortune in gold for Spain. For some, the search for gold became more important than the actual possession of it; for others, possession was everything. Lance Salway has gathered together a wonderful collection of stories of gold and gold-hunters. You will find a distressing eve-witness account of gold mining in Ancient Egypt, and Mark Twain's hilarious account of his prospecting adventures. You can read the story of the seven-year struggle to rescue gold from the sunken Laurentic, an account of the casual discovery of hidden Nazi gold at Eisenach, and exciting stories of great gold robberies. You can share the horrors of the journey to California and the excitement of the discovery of one of the richest gold hoards of all time when the tomb of Tutankhamen was opened. And, by the end of the book, you may well wonder whether you too might have caught gold-rush fever! You may not be able to set off with pick and pan to discover gold for yourself, but Gold and Gold-Hunters is the next best thing. Widely illustrated with photographs, drawings and contemporary prints. Jacket Illustration by Chris Molan Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 111654
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Book of Gold and Gold Hunters
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Book Description Condition: Used: Good. Very good clean copy. Sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0. Seller Inventory # 0702B227406
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LANCE SALWAY S BOOK OF GOLD AND GOLD-HUNTERS.
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Kestrel, Harmondsworth 1978.
(1978)
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Book Description 1st edition. Small 4to. 136pp. B/w. illustrations, map. Original boards. Pictorial white d/w. lettered in black, slightly rubbed. ISBN 0722654197 US$8. Seller Inventory # 187158
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Book Description Illustrated study of the history of humanity's desire for gold - mining, treasurer hunting etc. VG in Good dustjacket which is a bit worn to edges/ dusty. Seller Inventory # 11902
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