SHOVEL AND SIEVE by Eric Rosenthal Mining history of South Africa FIRST EDITION?

SHOVEL AND SIEVE by Eric Rosenthal Mining history of South Africa  FIRST EDITION?

 Foreword: “This book is a monument to that lively and unhonoured fraternity of South Africans I knew as a boy, the prospectors who searched for gold and other mineral wealth – often without success but never without a dazzling optimism.”

 Howard Timmins Undated (circa 50’s, 1^st ED?  218x138 mm. 200p. – Index included – 22 b/w illustrations/photos (all intact) –facsimiles of share certificates.

 Condition: Hard cover, no dust jacket, spine/lower corners mildly shelf frayed tightly bound, some marks on b/board; slightly cocked; some foxing, ex-libri stamps and wording, also on spine.

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