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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Thomas McKerrell Junr.

KILMARNOCK TO JOHANNESBURG

Published: A.N. Wallace, Kilmarnock, 1899

Edition: 1st.

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A scarce title of early travel to South Africa and the Gold Fields. SABIB 5,206. Only 1 Copy. Small 128pp. volume bound in red cloth lettered in gilt. Recounts the author's sea voyage to Cape Town in the Scot in 1898. The main description is of life on the Witwatersrand where he eventually found employment on the mines, with interesting observations on the black tribes, their war dances etc.

Slight sunning to the spine but a very good clean tight copy. 

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 12mo.
  • Sold By: Ronald Levine - Modern First Editions
  • Contact Person: Ronald Levine
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 011643 8437
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT for South African customers and International Bank Tranfer for customers abroad. I am unable to accept payment by credit card.
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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