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(Craighall: Ad Donker, 1986) 0868520942. 8vo; original green boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 228, incl. index; black-and-white illustrations. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; faint price label mark to front free endpaper; trace of light foxing to edges and outermost leaves. Very good condition. "Phillips wrote Some Reminiscences in London in 1924 during his last few months as chairman of The Central Mining & Investment Corporation, Limited; he was in his seventieth year. His official letter of resignation dated 31 December 1924, terminated a long career and intimate association with the South African diamond and gold industry. He had resolved to retire eventually to the Cape when he purchased Vergelegen in 1917 and so early in 1925 he sailed to South Africa, exactly fifty years after he first went to the country. ... Some Reminiscences reveals a man who was a keen observer and a shrewd commentator, and covers a wide range of events of historical, political, and economic…
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- Author Phillips, Lionel
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- Publisher Ad. Donker, London
- Date 1986
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AD. Donker, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 1st south Africa edition. 228 Pages. The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. Its is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r* 01/08/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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A. D. Donker Publisher Pty Ltd, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Small edge tears on jacket and marked.Creased.Internally clean.The binding is excellent.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[Restored]21-10-2019. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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(Craighall: Ad Donker, 1986) 0868520942. 8vo; original green boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 228, incl. index; black-and-white illustrations. Dustwrapper partially sunned, slightly rubbed and edgeworn; merest trace of foxing to edges and reverse of free endpapers. Very good condition. Sir Lionel Phillips (1855-1936) typified the self-made men who were at the forefront of South Africa's boom following the discovery of diamond and gold deposits in the late 1800s. He was a close associate of Wernher and Beit. At the heart of affairs at the time of the Jameson Raid, Phillips was sentenced to death by Kruger's government, but the sentence was softened. "Having published Some reminiscences (London, 1924), Phillips formally retired in 1925. ... On his death The Cape Argus stated in a leading article: 'If he had any enemies at all, they would be the first to admit that Sir Lionel was a very gallant gentleman who retained his ideals to the end of his long life…
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SOME REMINISCENCES. LIONEL PHILLIPS.
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Donker. Johannesburg 1986. revised and corrected edition of the original Hutchinson 1924 edition. VG condition, no dustwrapper.. Green cloth boards. 227pp illustrated 8vo. 0.9kg. Possible author's signature to title page, very shaky writing. Phillips was President of the Chamber of Mines from 1892 to 1896. After the Jameson Raid he was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted. He was at the centre of the mining industry in SA and a member of the Union House of Assembly. His original "Some Reminiscences" was published in 1924. This edited version corrects errors, supplies chapter & biographical notes but omits the long historical introduction of the original.
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Donker. Johannesburg 1986 1st edition thus.. No inscription, 4 square corners. VG in G+ dustwrapper (faded around spine, chipped, closed tears to rear). a clean copy.. Green cloth boards. 227pp illustrated 8vo. 0.9kg. Phillips was President of the Chamber of Mines from 1892 to 1896. After the Jameson Raid he was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted. He was at the centre of the mining industry in SA and a member of the Union House of Assembly. His original "Some Reminiscences" was published in 1924. This edited version corrects errors, supplies chapter & biographical notes but omits the original long historical introduction.
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