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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Chilvers, Hedley A.

THE STORY OF DE BEERS;

Published: Cassell, London, 1939

Edition: First

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With some notes on the Company's financial, farming, railway and industrial activities in Africa, and some introductory chapters on the river diggings and early Kimberley; foreword by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer.

xvii, 344 pages, [68] pages of plates: illustrations, portraits. (1 as frontispiece).Small Quarto. Cloth, dustwrapper browned on spine, price clipped & with some spotting, but seldom seen in as good a condition. Presentation label laid down on front endpaper. "Presented... with the compliments of the Directors of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited".

  • Jacket Condition: Very good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 25,5 x 19 cm
  • Sold By: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
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