LOGAN OF MATJIESFONTEIN. 1st Ed. Timmins Publishers, Cape Town 1988. 1st Ed. 12pp + 4pp cover. Saddle-stitched. Sepia coloured text on uncoated stock. 212mm x 136mm. Commemorating the centenary of Matjiesfontein. Small crease to bottom corner of cover, otherwise very good throughout. The text is taken from Chapter V of Lawrence Green's 'Karoo' first published in 1955 by Timmins Publishers.
LOGAN'S WAY - The Life and Times of J.D. Logan...a Matjiesfontein Chronicle. By Robert N.Toms. 1998 2nd Ed. Mallard Publishers, Claremont. 232pp, Laminated boards. 208mm x 146mm x 18mm. Illustrated in colour and B/W throughout. Edges slightly thumb-soiled, otherwise very good throughout."In 1884, young immigrant Scot, James Logan, purchased land at "a place called Matjesfontein", an insignificant railway halt in the depths of the Karoo. The Cape Government Railways had, by then, reached the Kimberley diamond fields, and - following Cecil Rhodes' vision of the "road to the North", his dream of a Cape to Cairo line - was extending into the Zambezi hinterland. Logan, whose meteoric rise was based on an energetic and meticulous efficiency, had been awarded the government catering contract at Touws River, which lies within the vast spaces of the Karoo."
UNIEKE, HISTORIESE MATJIESFONTEIN. 4pp DL brochure on the history of Matjiesfontein. Very good.
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