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The Diamond Mines of South Africa, Some Account of their Rise and Development [SIGNED]
by WILLIAMS, Gardner F
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan Co., 1902. First Edition. Small quarto, original salmon cloth, gilt lettering and decorative dustjacket. Illustrated with photographs. An early account of the diamond industry in scarce dustjacket. This copy signed by author at front endpaper. Very Good but for several pages with stamp at margin for a monastery in Ireland, 'Leabhariann Lair'. A much nicer copy than usually encountered, cloth greening some, but firmly bound and gilt bright, in Good dustjacket, expected soiling, chipping at top spine area, quarter sized chip at lower rear panel.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37748
- Title
- The Diamond Mines of South Africa, Some Account of their Rise and Development [SIGNED]
- Author
- WILLIAMS, Gardner F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00
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About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- Chipping
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- Gilt
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- Quarto
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- First Edition
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