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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Handley (J. R. F.)

HISTORIC OVERVIEW OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLDFIELDS - limited edition & inscribed by the author

Published: The Author, Howick, 2004

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $60

Approximately:

Estimate: $90

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher's hardcover with gilt titles on front panel and spine. Pictorial dust jacket.

Edition limited to 3000 copies. 

SIGNED & DATED by the author on the title page.

xvi + 224pp. Illustrations in profusion. Map and booklet of colour figures to rear endpaper.

The illustration on the inside of the the dust jacket is a copy of an original map drawn by Fred Struben of his prospecting work on the Witwatersrand. It was sent in a letter to his sister-in-law, Mary Struben, on 8 April 1885 and clearly proves that Struben was the discoverer of the Witwatersrand reefs.

An Historical Overview of the Witwatersrand Goldfields from 1887 through 1964 to 2004.

"A review of the discovery, geology, geophysics, development, mining, production and future of the Witwatersrand Goldfields as seen through a geological and financial association spanning 50 years."

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good


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