152 pages, 41 illustrations, 6 tables - 1 folding, library stamp from a previous owner on the title page, orange cloth, dust jacket frayed at the top of the spine.
\'Here are recounted the initial prospecting expeditions from the Cape, the first purely speculative boom of any extent in South Africa - the copper mining mania of the 1850\'s, the troubled question of leases and the effect of the final settlement on the Black peoples who were the original inhabitants of the area, and the rise and development of most important mining centres in Namaqualand.\' Editor\'s note.
- Jacket Condition: Fair
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo (220 x 145 mm)
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