Volumes I & II of this vintage collection of early Johannesburg photographs, known as the Barnett Collection, published by The Star, one of Johannesburg's oldest newspapers. The brothers Joseph and David Barnett were pioneering photographers in Johannesburg. Their striking photographs capture everyday life during the early days on the Witwatersrand Gold Fields. In the 1920's younger brother David sold the entire collection of over 2,000 negatives to the Star newspaper.
Introduction and captions by Denis Godfrey, staff member of The Star and author of The Enchanted Door.
VOLUME I: A PICTORIAL RECORD OF EARLY JOHANNESBURG
Collector's Edition. Numbered and Limited to 400 Copies. This is number 189.
Full leather binding with gilt titles to front panel and spine. Pictorial dust jacket.
Book is in fine condition. Jacket in very good condition with mild age-associated edge wear.
VOLUME II: SOUTH AFRICA AND JOHANNESBURG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Trade edition.
Book and jacket in fine condition.
'The first volume of "The Barnett Collection" is mainly a pictorial history of Johannesburg in 1896-1914, when the Barnetts were professional photographers in Johannesburg. The second volume, too, deals with Johannesburg but includes photographs taken during the Anglo-Boer War and in the other major Southern African towns and cities. It is therefore a unique album of life in this country around the turn of the century.'
- Jacket Condition: Near Fine
- Binding Condition: Near Fine
- Size: Oblong 8vo.
