KLERKSDORP'S FIFTY YEARS OF MINING [1937] - two variants of the first edition, one is signed by the author

Two first edition copies of this title written by former Klerksdorp mayor Herman Guest.

The first copy is the softcover edition bound in the publisher's light blue wraps. It is signed by the author at the head of the title page. The rear wrap is missing but otherwise a good copy.

The second copy is the hardcover edition in the publisher's red cloth binding with black titles on the front panel and spine.

143pp. Binding tight with light age-associated wear. Internally clean.

The mining history of one of the oldest Transvaal towns, located in the old Western Transvaal (now North-West Province). The author was the editor of the local paper - the Klerksdorp Register. He was also the son of the famous Klerksdorp printer and publisher Herbert Melville Guest, who wrote and published a series of books about the Boer War during, and in very close proximity of, the conflicts. Like his father he was also a mayor of Klerksdorp and held office from 1923-26.

An uncommon title.