Publisher's illustrated hardcover binding.
144pp. illustrated.
Inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, "'n Boek oor jou tuisstad, Johannesburg, Hannes Meiring 17/8/88." - a book about your home city, Johannesburg, Hannes Meiring 17/8/88.
'Born when Fred Struben one hundred years ago first surmised the presence of a gold reef which would attract millions to its bare veld, Johannesburg has matured into a metropolis with a sense of destiny - an El Dorado writing its achievements in superlatives: the deepest shafts, the tallest buildings, the most, the largest, the fastest . . . A place, as Herman Charles Bosman said, "asurge with an unquenchable ardour of life".
This is the story of the Golden City at its centenary celebrations; a sketchbook-history of its remarkable buildings and a tale of the fascinating people that have shaped its character.'
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
