[Robinson, Sir Joseph B.] Weinthal, Leo [Editor].

Memories, Mines and Millions. Being the Life of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart. Compiled and edited by Leo Weinthal.

London, Simpkin Marshall, 1929. 19 cm x 25 cm. Frontispiece, 247 pages. Five high-quality, tipped-in, vintage monochrome photographs, including frontispiece on 4 plates. Besides the vintage photographs numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrations show for example action on the Pniel Diamond Diggings in 1875, Ferreira’s Camp in Johannesburg, 1886, Pretoria in 1875 / Caricatures of Robinson in “The Moon”, “Pretoria Press” “Truth” etc. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corners slightly rubbed. Illegible name of preowner on titlepage. Interior is bright and clean. Pencilled underlining to page 35.

Includes, for example, the following chapters: The River Diggings / The Beginnings of Kimberley / Mayor of Kimberley and Candidate for Parliament / The Rand Discovered / Johannesburg and London / The Jameson Raid and After / The Robinson Bank – The Industrial Commission – The Policy of Drift / The Boer War / Responsible Government and Chinese Labour / The Flag Question – Conclusion / Appendices – The Rand’s Thousand Million Gold Output: Statistical Data 1887-1928 / Sir Joseph’s Pioneer Mine: Langlaagte Estate Statistics, Gold Output and Dividend Record from 1887-1928 etc. Also included is a poem titled “South Africa” written by Robinson.

Richly illustrated biography of Sir Joseph Robinson, 1st Baronet (1840-1929). Robinson, known as ‘The Buccaneer,’ was a “Randlord”, one of the South African mining magnates who controlled the highly profitable gold and diamond mining industries in Southern Africa around the turn of the 20th Century. They played a major part in shaping the economic and political development of the region at a time when the newly discovered mineral wealth heightened tensions between the British colonies and the determinedly independent Boer states. These tensions over the future direction of political and economic developments eventually resulted in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and the subsequent British imperial expansion throughout southern Africa. Robinson was a leading figure throughout the era and the book describes the outstanding events such as the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley and gold in the Transvaal, the Jameson Raid and political figures such as Cecil Rhodes and Paul Kruger.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British Southern · Africa, Southern · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Afrikaners · biographical · Biography · Boer War · Boers · British · British Business, Commerce, Industry · British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Imperial · British Mining History · colonial · Colonial History – Rare · Colonial Wars · Colonialism · Diamond Mining · Diamonds · Gold · Gold Mining · Johannesburg · Mining · Settler · Settler life · South Africa · Technology · Technology – Rare · Technology & Engineering – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120064AB

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