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Published by Ure Smith, 1961
ISBN 10: 0725400927ISBN 13: 9780725400927
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1961
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Contents includes the definition of opal, opal fields, history of opals, opal mining, opals in jewllery, myths and legends, etc. Hard cover, small nick in spine, 255 pp., 15 black & white illustrations, 9 color illustrations.
Published by Ure Smith Pty. Ltd. (1978), Sydney, 1978
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
HC. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator). 264pp ISBN 0725400927 First published in 1961. NOTE - Owner inscription on half-title page. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover).
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1962
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 4th print. NOT an ex library book. 263 pages. Dust jacket has 1/4" tears top of spine, no chips. Price is clipped.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1975
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. With Photographs (illustrator). NF/VG++. Tight and bright hardcover with dust jacket. Two small 1/4" tears on foot of page ends., Price sticker on the inside flap. Very nice copy.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney and London, 1968
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Seventh Impression Revised. Revised edition with additional illustrations. Pamphlet laid-in "Opals Cranbrook Institute of Science" 15 pages. Back panel of dust jacket rubbed and scratched, one short closed tear, price clipped.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1964
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hard cover with minor damp-staining, not affecting text, dj torn and tattered, 255 pp., 12 color plates and 12 b&w illustrations as well as several maps and diarams.
Published by Ure Smith Pty, Limited, 1962
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1961 Ure Smith, Publisher; 255 clean, unmarked, tightly-bound pages; inked name/address and small penciled writing on upper half title page; blue cloth cover is clean and sturdy with a little wear at corners; dust jacket has some small rips and missing pieces but is nicely covered with a Brodart-type wrap.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1961
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Second Edition. Bound in red buckram, sans D.W.; illus. with color and black & white plates; illus. end-papers; 255pp.
Published by Ure Smith, 1968
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket and edges shows shelf wear. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.
Published by Ure Smith, 1973
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sydney, 1973; ISBN 0725400927; blue boards with gold spine titles; mild corner and edge wear; mild wear and discoloration to boards; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket; note from the previous owner on flyleaf, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked. 264 pages.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1961
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Second Edition. Red cloth, gold lettering on spine, no dj, edges lightly rubbed, vg condition. Australia; 1127.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. 5th edition. 264pp. Corners bumped, a little wear, very good in sl worn dust jacket.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1961
Seller: Warren Hahn, Pleasant View, TN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Has more than 253 pages. A nice first edition second printing 1961 hardcover book with a tore up, taped up dust jacket. Book has full color and black & white photos scattered throughout. Includes appendices of glossaries, locations, histories, poetry, bibliography and acknowledgments.A very comprehensive guide to foreign and Australian opal fields & the varieties of stones illustrated with maps & diagrams. Size: 9 1/4 h x 6 1/4w. Book.
Published by Ure Smith, Australia, 1962
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Second printing. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners bumped, minor wear. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clipped, clean, small open tear at front. Gems. Stax.
pock. Condition: Fine.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Some wear, light stains, small tears in dust jacket. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.
Published by URE SMITH, SYDNEY Australia * * * * *, 1975
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1975 B00K: Fine/, (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. B00K: Fine/, $37.89 The OPAL Book; A Complete Guide to the Famous Gemstone. LEECHMAN, Frank URE SMITH SYDNEY 1975 Fifth Edition And Third Printing Glossy Brown And Green Tones Pictorial Spine With Title Black Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine, Slight Edge And Shelf Ware, Corners Are Rubbed Through. Hard Cover B0K: Fine/, 264 Numbered Pages, That Were Lightly Read, And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Slightest Of Shelf And Edge Ware From Storage, Page 248-9, Spine Is Partially Open. This Expensive BooK Is Hard To Find, Will Make An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. = World Wide Shipping = AVAILABLE =.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. March 1962 reprint. Index, Index, bibliography. Includes history of Australian opal fields, industry and myths & legends. Weight 550 grams. ; Color Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1961
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. 600 g; VIII, 256 pages, last page blank, illustrated end pages, text is illustrated with eight pages of colour plates, formats, diagram, and eight pages of black-and-white photography. Includes appendices of glossaries, locations, histories, poetry, bibliography and acknowledgements. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is badly damaged with a triangularish piece from the top left-hand corner missing, and loss of the protective laminate on the rear panel. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Geology; Australia; Inventory No: 0215222.
Reprint; 8vo; pp. (vi), 264; illustrated endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations, some colour illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, spine of dustjacket faded, previous owner's name opposite half-title page, a good copy.
Published by Ure Smith, North Sydney, 1970
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Colour and B/W Photographs (illustrator). 2'nd Printing. 255 pages dealing with the Queen of Gems. Illustrations are both colour and b/w - mostly photos, BUT maps on 4 pages - incl. Lightning Ridge and Andamooka. Opalescence diagram on p. 161. Discusses European and Mexican deposits but focuses pricipally on the mines of Queensland (and neighbours), Australia. Cond : Light-blue paper wrapper with a yellow cover illus. featuring 13 cut and polished stones. Corners and edges are sli. soft. Spine is fine, binding quite tight, colours bright. No names, marks, tears. creases, folds, nor stains. Light gen. wear and light gen. soiling. Quote (p. 55) : " The lunch that fell to our lot that day was tinned cow's heel, jolted into a warm gluey liquid with froth on it ! It took rather more moral courage than we could spare to tackle those ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.
Published by Ure Smith, 1974
Seller: Bingo Used Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardback in very good + condition with near fine condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve. Reprinted 5th edition.
Published by Sydney Ure Smith 1970., 1970
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
8vo softcover 255pp index, b/w illus. very good.
SOFTCOVER. 1973. Reprint. A very good copy.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1962
Seller: Coast Market Books, Mermaid Beach, QLD, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Spotting to endpapers and dj verso. Prev owner's inscription on fep. Spine lightly chipped with one small open tear.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1968
Seller: Banfield House Booksellers, Gympie, QLD, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 263pp, Twenty pages of plates in colour and twenty in black and white, as well as maps and diagrams. Plastic Wrapper. Dust Jacket with fading to spine.
Published by Ure Smith, Sydney, 1961
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Previous owner's name on title page. Water stain to RHS of first 40 pages. Wear and tears to extremities of dust wrapper. Water stains to dust wrapper. 254 pages. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Geology; Science & Technology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55448.
Published by Walkabout Pocket Books, 1969
Seller: Last Century Books, Innerleithen, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Minor signs of ownership, shelf wear to corners & edges only ow clean and tight. B&W and colour illustr. ; Illustrated; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 255 pages.
Published by Walkabout Pocketbooks
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.