ADAMANTIA. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Hardcover. English. W H & L Collingridge,. 1873. ISBN: n/a. 423 pp with colour frontis, eight maps and diagrams of which two are fold-out (diagram A is on page 16 not page 1. In original blind-stamped covers with gilt title, some damage to top and bottom of spine with font endpaper loosely inserted. Heavy foxing at front and end with stamp on front endpaper. The author spent two years on the Diamond Fields during which time they were illegally wrested from the ownership of the Orange Free State by British agression. An uncommon find. Book No: 2501579