The covers are lightly rubbed and the pages tanned. The title page was cut short by the printer, leaving only the lower half of the subtitle. A else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. 232 pages, illustrated and indexed. "This is a history of bthe people who built and industry. It is a story of the men who lived in the mining fields, toiled in the mines, argued in the board rooms and won their fortunes from the unyeilding Australian soil " (Back cover). An original Sun book.