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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Angove (John)

IN THE EARLY DAYS

The reminiscences of pioneer life on the South African Diamond Fields

Published: Handel House, Kimberley & Johannesburg, 1910

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $50/60

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First edition: 213 pages, frontispiece, 20 black and white plates, hinges split but holding firmly on the ties, original brown cloth boards, a good copy.

Angove writes from the perspective of someone who saw the "old world" of individual diggers vanish as the "new world" of corporate mining took over. His tone is often nostalgic, capturing a sense of adventure that was already fading by the time his book was published in 1910.

  • Size: 8vo (190 x130mm)


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