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Auction #122 begins on 03 Apr 2025

Chilvers (Hedley A.)

THE STORY OF DE BEERS (Signed)

With some Notes on the Company's Financial, Farming, Railway and Industrial Activities in Africa, and some Introductory Chapters on the River Diggings and Early Kimberley

Published: Cassell and Company, London, 1939

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $80

Approximately:

Estimate: $150

Bidding opens: 3 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Apr 16:30 GMT

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Newly rebound leatherette with gilt titling on spine with two raised bands, new end papers, frontis of Cecil John Rhodes, pp. xvii + 344, illustrated with sepia plates.

Signed and dated by the author on title page.

A near fine copy by the author of three classic Africana title: Out of the Crucible, The Seven Lost Trails of Africa, The Yellow Man Looks On etc.

  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 19.5x26cm


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