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Auction #126 begins on 25 Sep 2025

Du Toit, (Alex)

THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA

revised & enlarged; edited by S.H. Haughton

Published: Oliver and Boyd, London, 1954

Edition: Third edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $75

Bidding opens: 25 Sep 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 2 Oct 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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xiv, 611 pages: illustrations, tables, maps (some folding, 1 colour folding laid down on rear endpaper). Cloth, dust wrapper worn on edges. Originally published in 1926. 


Du Toit (1878-1948) attended Bishops, UCT and Glasgow University before working as a geologist in Cape Town from 1903. In 1927 he became a consulting geologist for De Beers. He penned numerous academic articles and textbooks and was internationally known and respected. He was granted honorary doctorates by three South African universities and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. The ill-fitting dust wrapper is seldom present.

  • Jacket Condition: Very good
  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 23 x 15 cm


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