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Auction #132 begins on 09 Jul 2026

Auction #132 - Mining

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Lot 26

Molengraaf (G.A.F.)

GEOLOGY OF THE TRANSVAAL (1904)

Lot 27

One Who Has Visited The Fields

THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA; with Notes of Journey there and Homeward, & some things about Diamonds and other Jewels (1872)

Lot 28

Pattee (Richard)

PORTUGAL IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA; LESOTHO, BOTSWANA, AND SWAZILAND; RHODESIA [3 VOLUMES]

Lot 29

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

THE ECONOMICS OF MINING (1907)

Lot 33

Seidel (A.)

TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1898)

Lot 34

Tadino (Gualdo)

THE TRANSVAAL: THE LAND OF GOLD AND DIAMONDS (1900)

And the Colonies of Natal and the Cape, The Orange Free State, Rhodesia, The Province of Mozambique. Notes and memos.

Lot 36

De Launay (Louis)

THE GOLD MINES OF THE TRANSVAAL (1896)

Lot 38

Emmons (William Harvey)

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

First edition, first impression

Lot 39

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

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

Lot 42

Fort (G. Seymour)

ALFRED BEIT - A STUDY OF THE MAN AND HIS WORK (1932) - Inscribed by the author with handwritten letter requesting a review

Alfred Beit was a Gold & Diamond magnate in South Africa. A printing curiosity as Beit is referred to as "Sir" on all the plates.

Lot 43

Hofmann (Eberhard)

LÜDERITZBUCHT - BETWEEN DIAMOND DUNES AND OCEAN (1987)

Guide to the Namibian town where the early diamond rush started and now borders the "Sperrgebiet" or Forbidden Zone

Lot 44

Peters (Bernhard)

DAS BERGWESEN IN DEUTSCH-SÜDWEST-AFRIKA "Mining in German South-West Africa" (1912)

Lot 45

Meiring (Piet)

DYNAMITE AND DAISIES - THE STORY OF BARBERTON (1976)

Barberton is the historic mining town situated in the Transvaal Lowveld which had its origin in the 1880s Gold Rush

Lot 46

Ingram (J. Forsyth)

THE STORY OF A GOLD CONCESSION AND OTHER AFRICAN TALES AND LEGENDS (1893)

A scarce 19th century Pietermaritzburg publication

Lot 59

Williams (Gardner F)

THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA

First edition "Some Account of their Rise and Development..."

Lot 136

Williams (Gardner F.)

THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Special Author’s Signed Edition, 2 Volumes

Lot 186

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 187

Busschau (W. J.)

THE MEASURE OF GOLD (1949)

The role of gold as international money.

Lot 188

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 189

[Robey, Ralph (Edited by)]

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 220

Sönghe (Gerhard)

JOERNAAL VAN 'N GEOLOOG

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