388pp + index. Leatherette boards with gilt embossed titles on spine and front board. Gilt page edges.
The rare original dust jacket is in fair to good condition, taking age into account, with a few short tears and some edge rubbing but with minimal loss of paper.
Illustrations in profusion.
Some chapters include:
The Prehistoric Background of the Golden City, History of the Golden City, Pioneer Work of the Strubens, The Sunshine City Built on Gold, The Underworld of Johannesburg, Native Customs and Conditions, Regiments of the Golden City (Transvaal Horse Artillery, Imperial Light Horse, Transvaal Scottish, Witwatersrand Rifles, Rand Light Infantry), The Gold-Mining Industry of the Witwatersrand (pages 361-388), Gold-Mining Groups (Rand Mines, New Consolidated Gold Fields, Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, Anglo-French Exploration Co., Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co.), etc.
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 4to.
- Sold By: Rare Paper
- Contact Person: Armandt Marais
- Country: South Africa
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