23 Booklets on South African Geology (Issued for the International Geological Congress in South A...

23 Booklets on South African Geology (Issued for the International Geological Congress in South Africa, 1929)
Publisher: International Geological Congress (1929)
ISBN: N/A
Condition: The slipcase has some rubbing, spots of wear, some wrinkling to cloth covering, and small closed tears to a couple of corners/edges. Books: Very good. Slight rusting around staples on spines. Slight stain to front cover of first booklet. Light rubbing to rear cover of last booklet. Texts  and fold-out maps/charts are clean. All are well bound.
Binding: Softcover Housed in Cardboard Slipcase
Pages: Various
Dimensions: 24 x 15 x 6.5cm
SKU: IZb9450
Weight: 1.4kg
Price: R800,00
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+++ Please see photos for more details of book. Index, introduction (fold-out black and white colour maps) + 22 booklets, with additional general programme. Loose as issued, housed in original grey cloth slip-case with French title and the Congress logo to spine. An important series of pamphlets published for the International Geological Congress of 1929, including contributions by noted geologists such as du Toit, Rogers, Haughton, Hall & Wagner and others, being guides to accompany delegates on excursions all over South Africa to various geologically noteworthy sites. Places include Chapman's Peak and the peninsula, Kimberley, Pilanesberg, Pretoria salt-pan and iron ore deposits, Vredefort, the Eastern Escarpment, Port Elizabeth, Southern & Northern Rhodesia, among others.