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



