Reminiscences of Kimberley. Louis Cohen

Facsimile of 1911 edition

South Africa: Historical Society of Kimberley and the Northern Cape,

Kimberley series no 7 in brown leatherette.

1990. Hard cover with dust cover. 185 X 120mm. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. The dust copver has minor wear and tear. Parcel under 1kg.  

Louis Cohen was a journalist, diamond buyer, stockbroker. In 1872 at the age of 17 he sailed for the Cape with a friend called Lewis Woolf. Upon landing in the Cape they left for the diamond - fields of Griqualand West. Cohen joined Barney Barnato in a partnership in 1873. (Louis Cohen was a cousin of Barney Barnato). ... He wrote 2 books: 1) Reminiscences of Kimberley, 2) Reminiscences of Johannesburg and London. The first book was regarded to be so scandalous that he was sued for libel by one of the great mining magnates, J.B.Robinson. The book was withdrawn. As a result, Cohen went into bankruptcy.