Book Description: 334 pages; b/w plates, fold-out map; hardcover.
Book Condition: Sympathetically rebound in burgundy cloth incorporating the full original gilt titled spine and spices of the original front cover pictorials. New endpapers. Pages are remarkably clean throughout. Very good plus/near fine condition.
\'Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds. Includes: discovery of diamonds in German South-West Africa, humour of Hottentots\' paradise, the Namib desert, prospecting in a motor-car, the southern Kalahari, mouth of the Orange river, copper prospects, stewed flamingo and other weird dishes, great anecdotal accounts of prospecting in South Africa and German South-West Africa early last century\'.
SCARCE FIRST EDITION.
- Binding Condition: Recent rebind incorporating original cloth spices- Fine
- Overall Condition: Very good plus
- Size: 220mm x 146mm x 38mm
- 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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