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Auction #123 begins on 15 May 2025

Staples (Chester O.)

MILLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Published: Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa, 2006

Edition: Collectors Edition

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viii, 228 pp, with hundreds of full-color photographs and other illustrations. Half leather bound over marbled boards with matching cloth slipcase. Limited collectors edition, this is number 33 of only 100 copies. Signed by the author.

A beautiful and exhaustive work revolving about the picturesque but rapidly disappearing mills -- wind-, water-, and horse-driven -- of southern Africa. With a chronology beginning in 1602, a mill registry, glossary, bibliography, and index.

A copy in near fine condition.

  • Binding Condition: Near Fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 4to (305x265mm)
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833219905
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT & Paypal
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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