Goldmann’s South African Mines: Their Position, Results and Developments:

Together with an account of Diamond, Land, Finance and Kindred Concerns Volume II: Miscellaneous Companies.

(Vol. I: Rand Mining Companies: 1882; Vol. III: Maps and Plans: 1896)

1st Edition 1895-6: London: Effingham Wilson & Co; Johanensburg:Argus Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd. Imperial octavo, 20x28.5cm, [4], 210pp. Original burgundy cloth boards, blind double ruled at edges with gold titles to front and spine. Preface, Contents, Transvaal Mines (Outside Rand), Rhodesian Companies, Diamond Companies, Finance and Investment Companies, Miscellaneous Companies, Appendix, Index.

Born in Cape Colony, Charles Sydney Goldmann was the son of B.N. Goldmann, a prominent German-Jewish immigrant who was a justice of the peace and member of the divisional council of Burgersdorp. Goldman was an uitlander who spent much of his life in the Transvaal. As a young man he built up a fortune in mining, using some of the profits to purchase an extensive estate known as Schoongezicht in the Middelburg District. During the Second Boer War, Goldman was a war correspondent for The Standard. Initially attached to Sir Redvers Buller's relief force, he traveled with them as far as Ladysmith after which he transferred to the cavalry advancing north in order to report on their endeavours. These experiences served as the foundation for Goldman's subsequent book With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa.

Condition: Heavily scuffed boards, 2cm split to upper front spine; wear to spine tips and corners. Front gutter cracked; insect damage to top of title page. Test block clean and firm. Fair to Good.