Idriess, Ion L. — Gold-Dust and Ashes

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Angus & Robertson, 1933. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. His Australian Dictionary of Biography entry notes that the subject of this fine memoir of gold-mining and gold-miners, Cecil John Levien (1874-1932), was a district officer and mining promoter for the Australian colonial government. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of an important work of social history of gold-mining and miners in New Guinea; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Stated Second Edition. Orange cloth over boards, with black lettering and ruling to front cover and spine, forward cock to spine, tips and spine head and foot bumped and bruised a bit, spine sunned. Map endpapers of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea with a special focus on the Goldfields area embracing Bulolo-Wau and Edie Creek. Black-and-white frontis of three New Guineans and another 35 sharp and distinct black-and-white plates, New Guineans and Australians alike and including a facsimile of the first gold-mining patent awarded to Trevien. x, 285, [1] pp., Colophon, plus 26 pp. of publisher's catalogue entries.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair