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THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.
by WAGNER, PERCY A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Plastic./Good
- ISBN 10
- 0869770063
- ISBN 13
- 9780869770061
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
Dj is somewhat scuffed on rear hinge at head; replaced matching chips 22x20, 40x6, 22x15mm and some smalller ones on the corners. Book has signature of a L J Contat, who might have been the co-discoverer of the Sodwana Emerald mine in Rhodesia. Book apparently unread; has two folding maps "Principal Kimberlite Occurrences" ,and " Diamond Fields of Griqualand West". xxxv pp includes new Biography and Bibliography by Gerry Levin; 355pp incl index versus xxv plus 347pp of the First Edition. This was called by the Publishers a "Second Impression" but should more accurately have been called a "Second enlarged Edition". Illustrated with 81 figures (including 36 b&w photos - many full page plates) ; many tables in text; VIII Tables and V Appendices at end. Second Edition. Hard Cover Decorated Boards.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKLOVERS PARADISE
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13846
- Title
- THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.
- Author
- WAGNER, PERCY A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Plastic.
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0869770063
- ISBN 13
- 9780869770061
- Publisher
- C. Struik
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 355 pp incl index and xxxvi pp prelim
- Size
- 247x33p17mm
- Keywords
- Geology, Mining, Diamonds, Exploration.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology; Exploration; Mining;
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