Angove, John.

In the Early Days – The Reminiscences of Pioneer Life on the South African Diamond Fields.

Kimberley and Johannesburg, Handel House, 1901. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, 212 pages. 21 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with stamped lettering on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on front free endpaper: “To Ernest James Weaver – with best wishes from…27.10.12”. Rare !

The order of plates in the table of illustrations does not correspond to the plate order as they appear in the book. There are 4 surplus-plates (not called for) within the book that are not mentioned in the listing of illustrations. Original errata-leaf loosely inserted.
Author’s narrative account of his years prospecting in South Africa as the diamond mining grew from its infancy and the development and exploitation of the region.
Includes, for example, the following: The Dry Digging / Early Working of the Kimberley Mine / The Great Rebellion of 1875 / The Advent of the Railway / Municipal Government / Inauguration of the Searching System, and the Great Strike of 1883 / What has the Discovery of the Diamond Fields meant to South Africa/ Rhodes’s Chair etc.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British Southern · Africa, Southern · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Boers · British Colonial History · British Empire · British Imperial · Cecil Rhodes · Diamond Mining · Diamonds · Industry · Kimberley Mine · Kimberley Mining History · Minerals · Mining · Mining History · Race · Races · Railway · South Africa · Transvaal · Travel Africa – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120083AB

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