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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Fouché, Leo & Captain Guy A. Gardner

Mapungubwe (2 Volumes)

Published: University PressJ. L. Van Schaik, Cambridge/Pretoria, 1937/1963

Edition: First Editions

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Volume I: Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo. Reports on Excavations at Mapungubwe (Northern Transvaal) from February 1933 to June 1935. Edited on behalf of the Archaeological Committee of the University of Pretoria by Leo Fouche. 4 Colour plates featuring glass beads and the gold objects including the famous golden Rhino, 40 monochrome plates, 26 illustrations, 8 maps (7 folding, 1 colour), bibliography + index. 183pp, cloth-backed boards. Ex libris card tipped in on inside front, inscription in ink on flep, internally fine, DJ (in fair condition) price clipped, sun faded, torn at spine and extremities. Volume II. Report on Excavations at Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo in Northern Transvaal from 1935 to 1940. Written and arranged for the Archaeological Committee of the University of Pretoria by Captain Guy A. Gardner, Edited by Prof. P. J. Coertze. J. L. Van Schaik, Pretoria, 1963, 4to, Cloth-backed boards, 234pp. 62 plates, 22 text-illustrations, 5 folding plans, bibliography. Ex libris card tipped in on inside front, internally a fine copy, DJ in Good+ condition.
  • Jacket Condition: Good+
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
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