Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt titles on front panel and spine. Pictorial dust jacket.
268pp. Illustrations in profusion. Foreword by A. P. Cartwright.
Binding sound. Contents clean. Jacket with mild age-associated edge wear. A very good copy.
'Where in the world can one find more to excite his curiosity in the wonders of the earth than in Southern Africa? Here is a vast territory, enriched by deposits of almost every known mineral - deposits which have shaped history and which have made an enormous contribution to the health, wealth and happiness of the people of the subcontinent. This book is for all who thrill to the feel, the colour, the shape and the size of the mineral wonders at their feet.
Chapters include mineral collecting, general geology, minerals and features which help to identify them, tables for identification, chemical tests, crystals and cutting and polishing.
The author is a leading university lecturer in mineralogy and he devotes much of his time to practical work in the field. He makes full use of diagrams, maps and charts to illustrate his subject.' - editor's note
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Size: 4to.
