Publisher's olive cloth with gilt lettering and blindstamped decoration. Light edgewear and soil, bumped corners, and uneven toning. A few small chips of spine cloth missing. Binding is separated at half-title and rear gutter; old scotch-tape repairs along gutters at boards and some of the first/last pages. Small chips/tears to first/last few pages. Interior lightly toned and foxed. Small simple engravings of equipment used for gold testing. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 71 pages.

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Title: A Practical Guide to the Best Means of Testing Gold, Intended for the Use of Emigrants to the Gold Regions
Publisher: Horne, Thornthwaite, & Wood, London
Publication Date: 1852
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st UK edition.
Condition: Poor
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued

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