ORMOLU: THE WORK OF MATTHEW BOULTON
Written by Nicholas Goodison.
Stock no. 1831427
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The book is a study of a major eighteenth-century factory between the years 1768-82, of the methods by which ornaments were designed, made and marketed and of Boulton's own keen interest in promoting the business. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. xii and 398 pages including index. ISBN: 0714815896. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription. Top edge of boards and text block lightly foxed. Bookplate of Geoffrey & Elspeth Howe to front pastedown. Small hole in the midle of the text to page 79/80 (see photo) else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel, and lightly edge-creased.

OPIUM AND GOLD
Written by Peter Butler.
Stock no. 1828527
Published by Alister Taylor. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition.

The story of the Chinese goldminers in New Zealand. A story of racism and repression which is highly relevant to contemporary New Zealand. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0908578024. Covers scuffed, edge-rubbed, creased at corners, remains of small label to top front. Base of contents block starting to come away from cover (glue is drying out). Contents are clean.

THE TWELVE GREATEST SOVEREIGNS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826868
Published by Inspire Creative. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most historically significant and interesting coins from 200 years of the gold sovereign's history. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9781640083240. A few small, minor marks to boards. Contents clean.

KLONDY: A DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH
Written by Klondy Nelson; Corey Ford.
Stock no. 1814134
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Biography of a woman caught up in the Klondike Gold Rush 1897. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block.

NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jacob Harris Patton.
Stock no. 987218
Published by D. Appleton And Company. 1st 1888. Almost very good condition.

First edition. XV, 523 + 3 pages. Red cloth, gilt titles. Includes: The coastline, coalmining, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, silver and other metals, building stone, health resorts, climate, timber, fruits, ocean resources and much more! Spine faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing, light page browning and light stains at margins. Some writing in crayon to front free-endpaper.

PRE-CONQUEST GOLDSMITHS' WORK OF COLUMBIA
Written by Enzo Carli.
Stock no. 654686
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Tipped-in colour photos of the work of goldsmiths of Columbia from 15th and 16th centuries. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Name in ink to front pastedown.