The Story Of The Noble Opal

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This little book written by geologist Sydney B J Skertchly was published in 1908 and is number 1 in a series of books on gems from Flavelle publishers. It tells the story of the discovery of opals in Australia including the geology. The book is in good condition for its age. It is bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. A newspaper obituary of the author has been pasted to the front endpaper. A previous owners name and address has been written on the front pastedown and some correspondence on the book has been inserted with one letter pasted to the back pastedown. The front and back endpapers have some yellowing to the paper but the rest of the text remains unmarked.

34.99 GBP