Publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. Publisher's original beige dust jacket with titles on front panel and spine.
xiii + 274pp. 16 full-page illustrations by William M. Timlin (all present).
INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, "To Mr. Leon Shapiro, with kind regards from the author, Hedley A. Chilvers, Nov. 30 1929."
Binding sound. Contents clean. Scarce original dust jacket complete with moderate age-associated edge wear.
"The story of the Rand, told in this book, is one of thrilling adventure. The discovery of the vast goldfields led to a fierce rush of prospectors who made and lost fortunes in a breathless gamble. Cecil Rhodes, Barney Barnato, "Dr. Jim", "Oom Paul" Kruger, and many other names of lasting memory appear in these pages, meeting in the grim struggle that led to the Boer War and ended in the great Union of South Africa." - editor's note
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
