1. 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 !

2. Hatch, Frederick H. / Chalmers J.A.

The Gold Mines of the Rand – Being a Description of the Mining Industry of Witwatersrand South African Republic. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations.

Second Edition. London and New York, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 18 cm x 26 cm. XVII, 306 pages. 79 in-text illustrations and 14 monochrome photographs. 2 fold-out maps in pocket of rear board showing the South Transvaal and Witwatersrand. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on boards. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with some signs of external wear. Abrasion to cloth at heel of spine. Binding is strong and firm. Interior of book is unmarked but shows some signs of foxing. Name of preowner on titlepage: “Alma Stewart Arnold” (?)

3. Karsten, Carl Johann Bernhard.

Über die Verbindung des Eisens mit Kohle.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 33 Seiten (Seiten 49 – 82 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

4. [Mining History in Eastern Germany] – Agricola, Georg.

Vom Bergkwerck – XII Bücher darinn alle Empter, Instrument, Bezeuge unnd alles zu disem Handel gehoerig mitt schoenen Figuren vorbildet und klaerlich beschriben seindt . Mit begleitendem Text von Wilhelm Treue am Ende des Buchs.

Reprint of the 1557 edition (Basel). Essen, Verlag Glueckauf, 1985. Folio. 491 pages plus 8 pages of an explanatory text. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. Transvaal Miners’ Association.

Membership Card for E. Morgan.

Johannesburg, Transvaal Miners’ Association, no year (1912). 7.5 cm x 12 cm. 9 pages / partly stamped and signed off. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on front. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rear board carries label stating “The Owner of this Card is entitled to admisssion to the Trades Hall Club at all Times, and on payment of 6d. may have a Membership Card issued to him.”