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Published by Filiquarian Publishing, No Place, 2010
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. SCIENCE. Faint moisture damage to lower corners margins only pages 293-362. (32)640pp. Indexes. Illustrations. Translated rfrom the Latin edition of 1556, published by The Mining Magazine 1912.
Published by Dover Pubns, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1950
ISBN 10: 0486600068ISBN 13: 9780486600062
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good, Paperback, 6 3/4" x 10 3/4", edges rubbed, 638 pages, black and white illustrations.
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Published by Dover Publ. NY, 1950
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. New 1950 edition. NOT an ex library book. 638 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 3/4" chip top front, other smaller chips and tears. Price is not clipped.
Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: Dover Publications. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1950. . Hardcover. 4to., 638 pp., rubbed, bumped, pages lightly toned .
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Free of markings.
Published by Dover Publiscations, Inc, New York, 1950
Seller: Cher Bibler, Tiffin, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st printing (same date). 638pp. Corners bumped, a little edgewear, very good in dust jacket with a little edgewear.
Published by Dover Publications, Inc. n/d
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Reprint; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & creasing, moderate tanning/discolouration).
Published by Dover Publications, Inc. n/d
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration).
Condition: Bon. 638pp New York, 1950, in-8, 638pp, Reliure pleine percaline, très bel exemplaire! in-8. 638pp.
Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1950
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, light spotting on closed edges, boards tidy, very light shelf wear to edges of dust jacket but overall neat. Size: 4to.
Published by New York, Dover Publications., 1950
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Book
18 cm x 28 cm. XXXI, 638 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper and pastedown with staining !! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very slight foxing to paper edges and discoloration to inside of Hardcover. Title page folded and with minor tear. Includes for example the following:- Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, and Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times to the 16th century. Illustrated throughout in black and white with woodcut images. Illustrations include for example:- Alum Making, Glass-making, Salt cauldron, Soda Making, and Trough for washing alluvial. Sprache: english.
Published by Dover Publications, New York, 1950
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Signed
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Facsimile edition. 1st Dover edition, a facsimile of the 1556 edition. A Near Fine copy in Fair to Good dust jacket. Tall 4to., 672 pp., 289 illustrations. Red cloth in tan and green dust jacket. The jacket id chipped, with a small loss on the rear panel. SIGNED by Herbert Hoover with a short inscription on the front end paper. The famous Hoover translation of the unabridged edition of the greatest treatise on technological chemistry, mining, geology and engineering of early modern times.
Published by The Mining Magazine, 1912
First Edition
HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good+. 1st edition thus. 640pp, numerous b/w woodcut illustrations, tall quarto rebound in vellum boards, title, author and dates "1556" and "1912" stamped in black to spine, 4 raised bands to spine, side and bottom page edges deckled. minor bumping to bottom fore-edge corners, mild wear top of vellum spine, vellum looks to be separating at hinge ends of front board (1" at bottom, 1/2" at top) yet boards remain strongly attached with no signs of weakness, light wear to spine yet titles remain clear and legible, minor wear to rear board, binding and block remain strong and solid, bookplate and mild toning to front pastedown, numbers "02653" inked to second prelim, interior text and images clean, overall excellent shape for this classic title in metallurgy.
Published by Mining Magazine, 1912
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in publisher's vellum, with black spine lettering. Hinges restored. Soiling / staining to cover. Limited edition of 3000 copies printed by the Mining Magazine in 1912. xxxi, 640 pages : illustrations ; 35 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Hugo Reinbold's stamp and inscription on end page. Biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th century. This volume is the 1st English translation of the De Re Metallica, privately published by subscription. It was translated by future President Herbert Hoover, a mining engineer, and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, a geologist and classical scholar. The contents of the book are separated into 12 books: Book I: Arguments for and against this art; Book II: The miner and a discourse on the finding of veins; Book III: Veins and stringers and seams in the rocks; Book IV: Delimiting veins and the functions of mining officials; Book V: The digging of ore and the surveyor's art; Book VI: The miners' tools and machines; Book VII: On the assaying of ore; Book VIII: Roasting, crushing and washing ore. Book IX: Methods of smelting ores; Book X: Separating silver from gold and lead from gold or silver; Book XI: Separating silver from copper; Book XII: Manufacturing salt, soda, alum, vitriol, sulphur, bitumen, and glass.