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Auction #134 begins on 01 Oct 2026

Auction #134 - Mining

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Lot 11

Lehmann (Johann Gottlob) (1719-1767)

KURTZE EINLEITUNG IN EINIGE THEILE DER BERGWERCKS-WISSENSCHAFT

a heavily annotated copy of a rare practical work on mining. This book is in the U.S.

Lot 14

Cawston (George); Keane (A.H.)

THE EARLY CHARTERED COMPANIES (A.D. 1296-1858)

Including an Appendix with the Charter of Incorporation of The British South African Company.

Lot 17

Helme (Nigel)

THOMAS MAJOR CULLINAN (1974) - De Luxe Edition

Sir Thomas Major Cullinan was a South African diamond magnate, prospector, industrialist & owner of the Premier Mine where the legendary Cullinan Diamond was…

Lot 19

Brooke-Simons (Phillida)

CULLINAN DIAMONDS - DREAMS AND DISCOVERIES (2004)

Lot 29

Van Riet Lowe (C.)

DIE GEDENKWAARDIGHEDE VAN SUID-AFRIKA (1941) - former copy of R.V. Cullinan and Patrick Cullinan with their bookplates

"MONUMENTS OF SOUTH AFRICA". Publisher's full leather presentation binding.

Lot 30

Swift (W. H.)

THE GEOLOGY OF THE ODZI GOLD BELT (1956)

Lot 31

Marx (Roelf)

KLERKSDORP : GROEIENDE REUS 1837-1987

"KLERKSDORP : GROWING GIANT 1837-1987" - History of the great mining city, founded by the Voortrekkers

Lot 32

Bruns (Leo)

THE BIRTH OF A COMPLEX : WESTERN REEFS 1933-1941

Lot 33

Meiring (Piet)

GOUD VIR DIE SOEKER (1963) - contains important signatures

"GOLD FOR THE SEEKER - THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSHOFF MINES"

Lot 35

Chapman (Captain Charles)

A JOURNEY TO CAPE TOWN AND THE DIAMOND FIELDS (1872)

Lot 38

Manfred (Nathan)

[TRANSVAAL GOLD ACT]. TRANSVAAL GOLD AND BASE METALS LAW (1908)

Being Act No. 35 of 1908 to Consolidate and Amend the Law Relating to Prospecting and Mining for Precious Metals and Base Metals, and to Provide for Matters…

Lot 39

Molengraaf (G.A.F.)

GEOLOGY OF THE TRANSVAAL (1904)

Lot 40

Rickard (T.A.); Hoover (H.C.); Ingalls (W.R.); Brown (R. Gilman); etc.

THE ECONOMICS OF MINING (1907)

Lot 41

Reunert (Theodore)

DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893)

Lot 44

Dunn (E. J.)

GEOLOGY OF GOLD (SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND) (1929)

From the author who gave the first description of the Pretoria Series under the name of Lyndenburg Beds, and the name of Dwyka to the famous glacial conglomerate.

Lot 45

Emmons (William Harvey)

GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD. WITH A SECTION ON PROSPECTING (1937)

First edition, first impression.

Lot 46

[Vermeulen (P. H.) (Editor); De Villiers (John) (Compiled by)]

THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1959)

Lot 50

Busschau (W. J.)

THE THEORY OF GOLD SUPPLY. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE WITWATERSRAND (1936)

A serious & technical economic study of the problems of the Witwatersrand gold industry.

Lot 51

Busschau (W. J.)

THE MEASURE OF GOLD (1949)

The role of gold as international money.

Lot 52

Robey (Ralph) Editor:

THE MONETARY PROBLEM: GOLD AND SILVER (1936)

Gold and Silver Comission: Final Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the recent changes in the relative values of the precious metals; With…

Lot 53

Imperial Institute. Mineral resources department.

MINING ROYALTIES AND RENTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1936)

Contains a complete and detailed review for Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and other Empire countries.

Lot 54

Seidel (A.)

TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1898)

Lot 85

Cornell (F.C.)

THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING

Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds

Lot 125

Wagner (Percy A.)

THE PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA:

with a chapter on the mineragraphy and spectrography of the sulphidic platinum ores of the Bushveld complex; by Dr H. Schneiderhohn

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