Description: Diamond Mines of South Africa by Gardner F. Williams, General Manager of De Beers Consolidated Mines. New York : B.F. Buck, 1905. Revised and enlarged edition. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of black and white photographs and illustrations. 2 volumes. Half leather bindings with marbled boards and endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Ex-library set with the bookplate of Amesbury Public Library -- it says it was presented to them by the author in 1904. One cracked hinge in volume 1. Leather shows wear, tearing, and loss. Interiors are clean and tight. Most illustrations retain their tissue guards. A fascinating look at the dark history of diamond mining from the former head of the company that is still in business today.
Price: 49.5 USD
Location: Barnstable, Massachusetts
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