THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD ON THE WITWATERSRAND (ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS)

THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD ON THE WITWATERSRAND (ENGLISH/AFRIKAAN...

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R900 - R1,100

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R850

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THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD ON THE WITWATERSRAND (ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS)

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Various Authors

Subtitle: Report of the Committee of Enquiry, Appointed by the Commission for the Preservation of Natural and Historical Monuments, Relics, and Antiques

Pretoria: Government Printer, 1941

8vo (23,5 x 15,5 x 1,1cm) 114pp. Rebound in dark blue full leather binding, with gilt lettering to the boards. With 4 fold-out maps in the middle of book. Text in Afrikaans and English.

Copy of Professor C. van Riet Lowe of the University of the Witwatersrand’s Archaeology department, with his signature to the front free endpaper.

Condition: Very good. Front board has some small paint specks. Rear board has some rubbing and light scuff marks. Sunning and small stains to the spine. Minor scuffing to top and tail of spine. Text and maps are clean and clear, and copy is solidly bound.

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Auction Date: 1st Aug 2022 at 10am

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