Mining/Geology

The Amazon Provinces of Peru – H Guillaume F.R.G.S. – First Edition1888

Title continues … As a Field for European Emigration. A Statistical and Geographical Review of The Country and its Resources, including the Gold and Silver Mines together with a mass of useful and Valuable Information.

The author was the Consul-General of Peru in England when he produced this book …. based in Southampton.

A first edition published by Wyman & Sons, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, London 1888. Octavo, 309 pages after the preliminaries. The original cloth bindings of this book are usually distressed beyond acceptable as was the case with this one. We decided to have it handsomely bound in full green calf by Roger Perry. Five raised bands to spine with separate red leather title and author labels to compartments 2 and 4. Gilt lines and devices and gilt lines to front and rear boards. New marbled endpapers. A top quality binding. Page edges show some age and internally the odd bit of foxing, photographic frontispiece re-laid. Nicely illustrated with the real photograph of the Peruvian President as a frontispiece and another real photograph of “A party of Ladies and Gentlemen giving a Concert at Lima”. A further four maps and 26 plates some folding.

Contents includes a general description including climate and history and a focus on the Amazon Provinces or Montana, the gold found there and the Cahuapana, Chachapoyas and Moyabamba. The products of the area, fruits, drugs. Dyes, palms orchids etc and some interesting comments on the usefulness of cocaine. A substantial part, over 100 pages devoted to more specific detail on Gold and Silver and other minerals. Political analysis and review of trade between Peru and England.

Whilst only covering 23 pages the “Reports of Scientific Travellers” is interesting including those of Olivier Ordinaire (Not ordinary at all), Professor Orton, J.D. Osmers and A. Wertheman who suffered from being abandoned by his guides on multiple occasions.

Rare South American Account now in a Superior Full Leather Binding

$240.00

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Australian Mineral Specimen – Gypsum Selenite with Copper

A very good example of gypsum in selenite form with even crystals of 5mm nicely impregnated with copper salts giving a soft green hue.

Very good example from Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf South Australia.

Nice crystals with even copper tone

$40.00

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Australian Mineral Specimen – Tasmanian Crocoite

The mineral emblem of Tasmania the rare and beautiful Crocoite.

A sparkling example with large dense crystals of a very even strong colour. A super example. Glued down and cased to preserve its beauty

Get some Crocoite in Your Life!!

$90.00

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Australian Mineral Specimen – Prehnite – Mullaley

A nice example of the mineral Prehnite – Calcium Aluminium Silicate [Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2] in a botryoidal (grape like) formation. With an even green colouring.

From Mullaley NSW

Nice example of the botryoidal form

$40.00

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William Bragg – Nobel Laureate – Transactions and Proceedings Royal Society of South Australia Vol XXX – 1906

A good copy in original card cover 373 pages after preliminaries 12 interesting plates with 12 figures in the etc.

Another historically important edition with three papers by William Bragg. First, on the ionisation of various gases by the alpha particles of radium. Secondly, the alpha particles of Uranium and Thorium. And the third, an extension of the work carried out in the first with a plate showing the construction of the ionisation chamber. Bragg also gets involved in reporting the discovery of radium at Moonta Mines.

Also of special interest are two paper by Mawson. Mineralogical notes – fetid feldspar and quartz from Umberatana and atacamite from Bimbowrie. On certain new mineral species associated with carnotite in the radio-active ore body near Olary.

Leading work by Bragg at Adelaide with Mawson

$120.00

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Microscopical Mounts and Mounters – Brian Bracegirdle

This is the Bible as far as the world of collectors of prepared microscope slides is concerned. For the uninitiated, this is a wonderful pursuit and Brian Bracegirdle (1933 – 2105) was a genius putting this book together. No similar reference exists and it is highly sought after by collectors of scientific historicals.

Dr Bracegirdle was responsible for receiving the transfer of the Welcome Medical Museum Exhibits to the Science Museum in South Kensington, a formidable achievement. He was a strong personality, a hard taskmaster and like port … his obituary on the Science Museum website is well worth the read.

This book published in 1998 with the support of the esteemed Quekett Club. By this time, Brian was retired and living in Cheltenham. 225 pages after preliminaries including 60 full page plates of photographs of slide examples by many of the distinguished makers listed and described at the front.

It should be the ambition of all slide collectors to have at least one good example of every slide mounter in Bracegirdle. Voyager has quite a few and still searching.

No better guide has been or will be produced.

Now very hard to find and … who will compile another one?

$170.00

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The Amazon Provinces of Peru – H Guillaume F.R.G.S. – First Edition1888

Australian Mineral Specimen – Gypsum Selenite with Copper

Australian Mineral Specimen – Tasmanian Crocoite

Australian Mineral Specimen – Prehnite – Mullaley

William Bragg – Nobel Laureate – Transactions and Proceedings Royal Society of South Australia Vol XXX – 1906

Microscopical Mounts and Mounters – Brian Bracegirdle

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