Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly tail edge. Foredges are foxed. Previous owners has signed inside front cover and front endpage. Front endpage ownership details are now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Dust jacket has tearing at spine. Dust jacket now in protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good.
Norma King, Goldfield's historian, contrasts the Western Australian gold rush with the nickel boom.