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Auction #117 begins on 22 Aug 2024

Glanville (E.)

THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD-FIELDS

Published: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., London, 1888

Edition: First Edition

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128 pages and 8 pages of commercial advertisements, coloured folding map as frontispiece, glazed yellow card wrappers detached and the spine is badly frayed.

 Mendelsson (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 606, 'There is a short sketch of the history of the Transvaal Republic, and the contents include the Transvaal Mining Law of 1885 as amended in 1887, and lists of the Companies floated up to date, in the De Kaap, Witwatersrand, Lydenberg, Knysna (Cape Colony), and other districts. There is also a short account of the diamond mines of the Cape Colony and the silver mines of the Transvaal, with notes on the climate and health of the different fields, and general information.'

 A South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 356

  • Size: 8vo (185 x 125mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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