"THE MINERAL LAWS OF THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY, including
The Mining of Precious Metals Ordinance, 1904,
The Mining of Precious Stones Ordinance, 1904,
The Mining of Base Metals and Minerals Ordinance, 1904,
and The Mines Regulations, with Notes and a Complete Index.
Written by W. H. Somerset Bell, Editor of the "South African Law Journal," and Attorney of the Supreme Courts of the Transvaal Colony and of the Cape of Good Hope.
Publisher's black pebble-grained cloth binding with gilt titles on front panel and spine.
308pp. Binding solid. Contents clean with three former owner's names on the front endpaper, which includes an early Johannesburg ownership for a certain Mr. Raubenheimer, dated 1904. Publisher's original bookseller's/binder's ticket on front paste down.
The publisher has an interesting Herbert Guest association: 'In 1902 the African Book Co. purchased the printing plant belonging to Herbert Guest and he and his sons Harold and Reginald became employees of the new company.' - South African Printers and Publishers. Herbert Guest published booklets and pamphlets during the Anglo-Boer war and was active in Klerksdorp, Transvaal during the siege.
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- Overall Condition: Very Good
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