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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Cornell (Fred C.)

THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING

Published: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1920

Edition: 1st

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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
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  • Telephone: 0685615292
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