Auction #124 - Mining
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Lot 10
Praagh (L. V.)
THE TRANSVAAL AND ITS MINES (1906)
The Encyclopedic History of the Transvaal.
Lot 11
Reunert (Theodore)
DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893)
Scarce first edition.
Lot 12
Jansen (E.)
CONCEPTS ABOUT DIAMOND SCIENCE AND DIAMOND PROCESSING (1923)
One of the only 25 copies of this work printed on hand-made paper, numbered and provided with the author's signature (this copy is numbered as "4").
Lot 13
Williams (Gardner F.)
THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA (Special Author's Signed Edition)
By Gardner F. Williams, M.A., General Manager of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.
Lot 14
Chilvers (Hedley A.)
THE STORY OF DE BEERS
With Some Notes on the Company's Financial, Farming, Railway and Industrial Activities in Africa. And some Introductory Chapters on the River Diggings and Early…
Lot 23
Dunn (E. J.)
GEOLOGY OF GOLD (SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND) (1929)
Lot 24
Rose (T. Kirke); edited by Roberts-Austin (W.C.)
THE METALLURGY OF GOLD (1894)
Lot 25
Gray (Ethel Lillian & James)
A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD FIELDS (1940). (Signed copy)
With photographic reproductions of the official records of the discovery.
Lot 26
Imperial institute. Mineral resources department.
MINING ROYALTIES AND RENTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1936)
Lot 27
Katzen (Leo)
GOLD & THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY (1964)
The Influence of the Goldmining Industry on Business Cycles and Economic Growth in South Africa, 1886-1961
Lot 28
Schatz (Ilse)
TSUMEB IN OTAVI MINING & RAILWAY COMPANY'S TIME (1997)
The foresight of the founder of the Tsumeb Museum on the Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine) in Namibia.
Lot 30
Mitchell (Henry)
DIAMONDS AND GOLD OF SOUTH AFRICA together with the Transvaal Gold Law and other useful Information (1888)
Very early book referencing Johannesburg, which was proclaimed a city in October 1887.
Lot 31
Stokes (Ralph)
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1908)
Lot 43
Sawyer (A. R.)
THE GOLDFIELDS OF MASHONALAND (1894)
Lot 44
Summers (Roger)
ANCIENT MINING IN RHODESIA and adjacent areas (1969)
Lot 45
De Launay (Louis)
LES MINES D'OR DU TRANSVAAL (1896) - "The Gold Mines of the Transvaal"
Lot 57
[Noble (John) Editor:]
ILLUSTRATED OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE CAPE AND SOUTH AFRICA (1893)
with chapters on the Diamond Mines of South Africa, Gold-Mining on the Witwatersrand, the Coal Fields & Silver Mines of Transvaal
Lot 165
Bell, (R.L.P.)
DIARY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNEY
Inscribed & Signed
Lot 170
Sauer (Dr. Hans)
THE WITWATERSRAND GOLDFIELD
Lot 237
Bee (A. G.)
KEEPER OF THE HIGHWAY - THE STORY OF SAMUEL COWLEY (1942) x 2 inscribed copies
1.) Inscribed by Early Rand Pioneer Samuel Cowley & 2.) Inscribed by author to the publisher
Lot 238
Cartwright (A. P.)
DIAMONDS AND CLAY (1977) - full leather de luxe edition signed & dated by the author
Lot 239
Hans Bornman (compiler)
PHOTO HISTORY OF BARBERTON 1884 - 1984
contains numerous early photographs of the pioneer mining town.
Lot 291
Angove (John)
IN THE EARLY DAYS
The reminiscences of pioneer life on the South African Diamond Fields
Lot 313
Various Eds
THE MINING SURVEY (27 Editions)