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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Staples (Chester O.)

MILLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Collectors Edition)

Published: Umdaus, Hatfield, Pretoria, 2006

Edition: 1st

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pp.viii, 228, 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 7 of only 100 copies. Calligraphy inscription to the owner and 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. Scarce.

  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Sold By: Booktown Africana
  • Contact Person: Chris Shelton
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0685615292
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Internet banking transfer (EFT), PAYPAL. Regret no Credit Card facility.
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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