DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. I-II, 2 volymer.
Inbunden bok.
Mycket gott skick. New York (B. F. Buck & Co.) 1905. Large 8:o. Publ. dark morocco leather, gilt decorated covers, gilt top edges (the others uncut). Marbled endpapers. Inscribed and signed by the author. Numerous illustrations, even full page plates (some in colour). Frontisp. + XVII + 359 pp; Frontisp. + XV + 353 pp + folding map. Very fine. Gardner Williams (1842-1922) was an American mining engineer, the first one to be appointed in South Africa. Cecil Rhodes got him to the challenge to consolidate all the diamond mines under De Beers. He did it successfully. The Royal Academy of Sweden awarded him its silver medal in 1905.
