Gold mines

African Dances of the Witwatersrand Gold Mines BBy: Hugh Tracey A first edition hardcover published by African Music Society in 1952 Red cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, pages are lightly agecoloured Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

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Buy THE GOLD MINES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA FIRST EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING 1936 for R250.00

Sotfcover 95 pages. Thomson Publications Zimbabwe Marks and small nicks to covers but otherwise in good used condition. I think this is a pretty scarce publication as I couldn't find another on the net. Please feel free to ask questions. Local delivery via Sapo R55 plus 3% of value fo insurance or via Aramex Couriers. R99 per satchel (a satchel can hold a number of books) I am happy to combine delivery costs if you would like to purchase more than one of my books.:)

  Witwatersrand University Press, 1994. First Edition.  Paperback in good condition, somewhat edgeworn, scuffed and scraped, bookdealer stamp on front inside cover, 284 pp.

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The further exploits of the big-game hunter and intrepid explorer introduced to readers in H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines." Set in Africa, "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold" meets the high standards for an adventure novel set by that first book. Allan must postpone his wedding to rescue his brother, who has been tracking a lost white tribe. Allan's travels take him through dangerous jungles and to a mythical city where the streets are paved in gold. Features Summary In this Gateway Movie Classic, a British adventurer finds himself at odds with the two beautiful sisters who rule Zu-Vendis in Africa. A struggle is imminent--who will emerge the victor? Author H. Rider Haggard Publisher Regnery Publishing Release date 19990610 Pages 382 ISBN 0-89526-327-0 ISBN 13 978-0-89526-327-8

Author - A L Hall Binding - Softcover. Thick card wraps with linen spine. Edge-wear. Book Condition - Good. Book Number - QB-010742 Location - Kalk Bay Shop Published Year - 1918 Published Place - Pretoria Publisher - The Government Printing and Stationery Office. Size - 8vo. 324pp    From the Gencor library of exploration and geology department (pink stamp on front fep). Issued by the Department of Mines and Industries and includes adjoining portions of Northern Swaziland. A separate large folding map in protective sleeve accompanies the book. Edge-wear and a couple of closed tears to sleeve. Numerous b&w photographs and illustrations and 2 fold-out maps.   

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 7-10 working days once ordered) Johannesburg's evolution provides important insights into the history and transformation of South Africa as a whole. This work should therefore be of interest to readers who wish to understand the events that shaped South Africa in the successive eras of gold discovery, British colonization, Nationalist Party apartheid legislation, and transformation after 1994. The authors include information on the original indigenous inhabitants who occupied the area of the future city long before the first white settlers, and whose descendants, through their intensive labour on the gold mines, played a decisive role in the development of Johannesburg. The more than 600 alphabetical entries not only cover the economic and political history of the city but also give an account of its cultural aspects, including architecture, art, music and theatre. The authors have extended the scope of the book by including certain adjoining urban areas such as Sandton, Randburg, Soweto and Edenvale, some of which have only recently been brought into the orbit of Greater Johannesburg.;The detailed chronology which precedes the alphabetical entries highlights the important events which helped to determine the city's destiny. Format:book (details unknown)

Wilbur Smith: Power of the Sword In the second half of the twentieth century, the future bears down on Africa--fueled by the sins of the past and the blood feuds of nations, tribes, and families. For the Courtney family, who have known this continent from the depths of its gold mines to the pinnacle of political power, a time of reckoning is at hand. Shasa Courtney has lived, fought and loved amongst Afrikaners, Englishmen, and natives. His mother is by his side but the rest of the world around him is exploding. Even his family harbors secrets more dangerous than his own worst enemies. Now, a continent is convulsed. Streets teem with protestors. Desperate and devious men forge volatile alliances. And Shasa faces shocking revelations amongst traitors, fugitives, and heroes--leading a beloved country into the flames of civil war… I have many books on sale, please check my listings. I am happy to combine and save postage for you. Wilbur Addison Smith is op 9 January 1933 in Noord-Rhodesië - Zambië, gebore.  en omrede hy ‘n boorling van Afrika is, ken hy die vasteland met sy vele volkere, godsdienste en bedrywighede - soos jagtogte, wildstropery en minerale en die myne daarvan. Hy is al vir byna 3 dekades ‘n gesogte skrywer met 36 boeke (2015) op sy kerfstok. Van sy boeke is in verskeie tale vertaal - waaronder Afrikaans. Wilbur Smith skryf meestal boeke met ‘n histories lyn en sterk politieke invloed. Hy is as rekenmeester gekwallifiseer, maar nadat sy boek “When the lion feeds” so ‘n groot treffer was, het hy besluit om sy aandag aan skryfwerk toe te spits. Hierna het verskeie boeke gevolg met onder andere die “Ballantyne-reeks” en die “Courtneys of Africa” Benewens Afrikaans is Wilbur Smiith se boeke in 25 ander tale vertaal

  The Unknown Van Gogh, by Schoeman, Chris (OUT OF PRINT NEW)   ISBN: 9781770227910 ISBN  9781770227910 Format  Trade Paperback Recommended Price  R230.00 Published  June 2015 About the book:  Much has been written about Vincent van Gogh and his tempestuous relationship with his brother Theo. But few people know that there was a third Van Gogh brother, Cornelis, who was raised in the Netherlands, but worked, married and died in South Africa.   The son of a Protestant minister, Cor spent his youth in a series of small Dutch towns, with idyllic holidays walking in the countryside with his artist brother, before troubles and tragedies beset the Van Gogh family. In 1889, the twenty-two-year-old Cor sailed to South Africa, where he worked as an engineer on the gold mines and on the railways. In the Anglo-Boer War he joined the Boers, first as a railway engineer and later on commando in the Free State, where in 1900 he suffered a fate that echoed his famous brother’s tragic end.   The Unknown Van Gogh  recreates South Africa in the tumultuous last decade of the nineteenth century; reconstructs the personal story of a young immigrant from letters and other archival documents; and explores his relationship with his famous brother Vincent. With new  insights based on original research, this book uncovers a figure who has been forgotten by history.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Ender's Game meets The Hunger Games in MORNING STAR, the second in an extraordinary trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of RED RISING.'I'm still playing games. This is just the deadliest yet.' Darrow is a rebel forged by tragedy. For years he and his fellow Reds worked the mines, toiling to make the surface of Mars inhabitable. They were, they believed, mankind's last hope. Until Darrow discovered that it was all a lie, and that the Red were nothing more than unwitting slaves to an elitist ruling class, the Golds, who had been living on Mars in luxury for generations. In RED RISING, Darrow infiltrated Gold society, to fight in secret for a better future for his people. Now fully embedded amongst the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his dangerous work to bring them down from within. It's a journey that will take him further than he's ever been before - but is Darrow truly willing to pay the price that rebellion demands?A life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable hero at its heart, Golden Son guarantees Pierce Brown's continuing status as one of fiction's most exciting new voices. Features Summary The astonishing, unforgettable sequel to RED RISING, which the Examiner called 'properly a-ma-zing, like an adrenalin shot for the imagination.' Author Pierce Brown Publisher Hodder Paperback Release date 20150921 Pages 442 ISBN 1-4447-5903-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4447-5903-7

A comprehensive work on the language, folklore, social organization and customs of the Bantu. All illustrations have tissue guards. Introduction from official of Gold Producer's Committee explaining the origin of this work. 155 pages with index at rear, many foot notes and 8 pages bibliography. Previous ownership in front. Junod, son of pioneer Swiss missionary to the Shangaan was requested to give a series of lectures to the Transvaal Mine Medical Officers' Assoc. who were responsible to the workmen at the mines. They found them so interesting that he was requested to repeat them to the Compound "Managers" and because the attendance was growing he was asked to publish them and here we are. The author in his preface states "We are living in a time of momentous changes for the Africans and many Europeans realize that in our country a statesman will have achieved little if he has not helped the African in his struggle for education and improvement in his status". Chapters on folklore, language, music, religion and social/tribal organization. A neat copy in great condition. R55 postage in SA.

The author, a Briton who emigrated to South Africa in the sixties, worked on a number of gold and diamond mines all over South Africa. These are his memoirs of the period. Softcover. English. Bannister Publications. 2008. ISBN: 9780952567837. 210 pp with bw and colour photos. Very good condition in softcovers. Book No: 1023945