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The Glamour of Prospecting. Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds
by Cornell, Fred C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0864860544
- ISBN 13
- 9780864860545
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920) 0864860544. 8vo; maroon cloth, re-backed, with original backstrip laid down; new endpapers; pp. xiv + 334, incl. index; plates; folding map. Extremities a trifle rubbed; earlier owner's bookplate pasted largely over earlier stamp and codes; discreet repairs to bottom fore-corner of some initial leaves, and junction of folds in map; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. (Hosken, p. 50, SABIB 1, p. 629 [both 1st UK edition, also 1920]) The later David Philip reprint carries this summary of the book's appeal: "Cornell's autobiography will carry readers into remote areas of the north-western Cape, the Kalahari and South-West Africa as Cornell knew them in his twenty years of wandering at the beginning of the century. Today Cornellsberg and Cornellskop bear his name as permanent memorials on the map of the Richtersveld." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10587
- Title
- The Glamour of Prospecting. Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds
- Author
- Cornell, Fred C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0864860544
- ISBN 13
- 9780864860545
- Publisher
- (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920) 0864860544
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- This edition first published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Namibia. Richtersveld. Prospecting. Geology. Mining Mining
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mining;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Re-backed
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- New
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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