Witwatersrand goldfields 1887

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  Payable Gold - Jas. Gray - CNA 1937 - Hard cover in very good, clean an dtight condition. Gray's Payable Gold is an intimate record of the history of the discovery of the payable Witwatersrand goldfields and of Johannesburg in 1886 and 1887.

 Cassell and company, January 1930, reprint of 1st edition. G- HB, no DJ, foxed throughout, edge chipped, shelf rubbed. Small pieces missing from last two pages, without loss of text.Reading copy, really. Gift inscribed on half-title page. Being the romantic story of the Witwatersrand goldfields; and of the Great City which arose in their midst. 274 pp.

Author - Jose Burman Binding - Hardcover. Laminated illustrated board. Sunning to spine. Book Condition - Very good. Light foxing to front prelims and last few pages at the rear. Front free end page has a few nicks to top edge with some abrasions. Book Number - QB-010295 Edition - 1st edition Published Year - 1988 Published Place - Cape Town Publisher - Human & Rousseau (Ptd) Ltd Size - 8vo. 168pp.    The story of the ox-wagon in South Africa. "The vital role of the ox-wagon in the history of South Africa cannot be overestimated: without this product of the skills of the new settlers and the oxen of the indigenous Khoikhoi, there would have been no opening up of the hinterland, no Kimberley diamond mines, no Witwatersrand goldfields and no Republic of South Africa. Jose Burman tells the whole story of the ox-wagon, its antecedents, its construction, the unsung technicians who built it, the dumb oxen that provided the motive power, and its use over two and half centuries in this country. Yet, Towards the Far Horizon is far more than the story of the ox-wagon: interwoven are tales of rare courage and vignettes of the discoverers, trekkers and transport riders who depended on their wagons for a livelihood". Includes numerous b/w illustrations and colour plates. Illustrated maps on the end papers.