Out of the Crucible, by Hedley A. Chilvers. Published by Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1932.

"Being the Romantic Story of the Witwatersrand Goldfields; and of the Great City which arose in their midst". With sixteen drawings by William M. Timlin. Hardcover, No Dust Jacket. 274 pp. Condition: Good. Binding secure. No loose or missing pages, text block complete. Persistent heavy foxing throughout. Insect scuffing to lower corner of front free endpaper; two previous owner inscriptions. Random black ballpoint scratch in margin p. 124, and light pink stain in margin p. 118--otherwise text block clean: no underlining, no highlighting, no marginalia or annotations. Edges of text block foxed. Boards show considerable shelf wear and signs of use: rubbed, faded and soiled with foxing on spine. Edge-worn with scuff marks and some fraying of the cloth cover. Title, Author and Publisher reasonably intact and perfectly legible. Corners bumped and scuffed.