Frank Connock Publication No. 1.
Note on page 3 reads, "Dedicated to Frank Connock, Esquire, a Benefactor of the Africana Museum and a Pioneer of Johannesburg to whose generosity this publication owes its being."
Publisher's blue folding case with gilt titles on front panel and spine.
36pp. including index, followed by 24 colour plates and 1 black & white plate. Text stitched, plates unbound as issued.
Folding case, text and plates all in very good condition.
This is copy #40 of a limited edition of 1000 copies.
There were quite some prominent subscribers to this edition, including:
F. H. Y. Bamford, Chairman of S. A. Manganese Amcor Limited (see Kalahari Wealth : The Story of Manganese in this current auction),
Dr F. C. L. Bosman, F. R. Bradlow, A. Gordon Brown, Miss Killie Campbell, Stuart Cloete, W. H. Coetzer, R. V. Cullinan, Victor de Kock, Dr Anna de Villiers, William Fehr, Prof J. L. M. Franken, Dr E. G. Jansen, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Rand Club Library etc.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 36 x 25cm
