Books & Mining Memorabilia

A small, occasional selection of mineralogical books, historic mining publications and related ephemera, alongside our specimen catalogue. Each piece is individually described, including its condition and any known provenance.

Selection note: items are added here as they're sourced, photographed and catalogued — there's no fixed schedule. Condition and provenance are described as accurately as we can determine; we don't guess at a book's history or inflate its condition.

AGM.BK001

Minerals of Broken Hill — First Edition

Edited by H.K. Worner & R.W. Mitchell

PublisherAustralian Mining & Smelting Limited

Year1982 — centenary of mining at Broken Hill

EditionFirst edition

Extent259 pages, colour photographs throughout

ConditionSecond-hand, very good condition

ProvenanceSigned by Dr Howard Worner; dedicated to Paul McDonald, Director, Geological Survey of Victoria

Item IDAGM.BK001

AUD $225.00

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A well-regarded reference on the minerals of the Broken Hill orebody, with colour photography of specimens throughout. This copy is a signed first edition with a direct inscription connecting it to a notable figure in Victorian geology — first editions in this condition are increasingly uncommon.