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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Jeppe, C Biccard

Gold Mining on the Witwatersrand (2 vols in one) (1941)

Published: Transvaal Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg, 1946

Edition: First

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  • A very heavy book (2.2 kg)
  • The author, the De Beers professor of Mining Engineering and Surveying in the University of the Witwatersrand and consultant to the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, was a member of the well-known Jeppe family of Johannesburg which gave its name to the Jeppe reef, Jeppe station, Jeppe suburb and three Jeppe schools

Pink cloth-boards with lettering to the spines, endpapers illustrated with a map, 1000 pp of prelims and text illustrated with b/w maps, charts, tables and photographs, plus bibliography and index

Complete, undamaged except for sunned spine, ownership signatures but otherwise unmarked, and undiscoloured except for light title-page sunning

  • Jacket Condition: No jackets as published
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 245 x 155 x 65; 2.2 kg
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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