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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Pool & Moir / Crittenden

PIONIERSPOORWEE IN SUIDWES-AFRIKA 1897-1915 & NAMIB NARROW-GAUGE

Edition: First

Reserve: $160

Approximately:

Estimate: $200

Bidding opens: 14 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Nov 16:30 GMT

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1. PIONIERSPOORWEE IN SUIDWES-AFRIKA 1897-1915

1982 first edition in Afrikaans. Never been translated into English. 301 pages. The dust jacket has slight wear around edges. Printed by Butterworth, Durban & Pretoria. Pool was at time Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Stellenbosch. A good copy.

2. NAMIB NARROW-GAUGE

This is the scarce first edition printed by The Oakwood Press, Great Britain.

154 pages, diagrams, drawings of engines, photographs. Hardback in dimpled faux leather boards with gilt on spine. Dust jacket has wear around edges.  Scarce history of the railways of South-West Africa including Damaraland, Walvis Bay and Otavi, 1915- 1960. Name of a previous owner on the fep. A very good copy.



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