Johannesburg Street Names;: A Dictionary of Street, Suburb and other place-names,compiled to the end of 1968 by 

Anna Smith (City Librarian and Director of the Africana Museum)

Published by Juta, 1971, hardcover, index, 629 pages, 18.5 cms x 25.2 cms x 4.6 cms, condition:: some minor edgeware to dustjacket otherwise basically as new.

A comprehensive study on the origins of Johannesburg place-names up to the end of 1968 as found in streets, suburbs, parks and other public places. The alphabetic lists includes references to sources and an appendix is included which lists selections under such headings as animals, Johannesburg, worthies, rivers and places. 

 The author, Anna Smith.  was the daughter of Johannes J. Smith (1883-1949), a prominent academic at the University of Stellenbosch. Her father was a philologist and  compiled the first authoritative Afrikaans dictionary in 1926.

Smith joined the Johannesburg Public Library in 1938 rising in the hierarchy until, in 1960, she became City Librarian and Director of the Africana Museum. In recommending her for the position, her predessesor, R.F. Kennedy had feared that the Johannesburg city councillors might have preferred a mediocre male to a brilliant woman. Fortunately, they appointed the latter. She was the first woman to head a Council Department in Johannesburg. .During Smiths tenure, in 1974, the main Johannesburg Public Library opened its doors to Black and Coloured readers. Her belief, and that of the city council at the time, was that the library should be inclusive of all citizens and available to them. Smiths philosophy was to encourage literacy and a love of books as well as an appreciation of reliable information.