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Auction #131 begins on 21 May 2026

Scully, (William Charles)

THE RIDGE OF THE WHITE WATERS ("WITWATERSRAND")

Published: Stanley Paul & Co., London, Undated

Edition: Colonial

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 21 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 28 May 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Impressions of a visit to Johannesburg with some notes of Durban, Delagoa Bay, and the low country. 

With forty-three illustrations in half-tone. Blue cloth boards, faded on spine and at rear board. 264 pages. Plus 48 pages with publisher's advertisements.

Chapters: Old and new Lourenco Marques. Komati Poort. Old hunting grounds. The Crocodile River. Waterval Boven. Paul Kruger. Johannesburg dumps. Rand Club. Prospects of the mining industry. The occurence of gold. Black and white labour. The mining Moloch. Fatalities. The European miner. Mining magnate. The Broker. Concerning Brown, Jones and Robinson. Vreededorp. Asiatic encroachment. Fordsburg. The Chinese and their club. Taxation of land....

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (200 x130mm)


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