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WEINTHAL, Leo.
Memories, Mines and Millions Being The Life Of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart.
London: Simpkin Marshall, Ltd., 1929..
8vo. pp. 248. 5 tipped-in photographic illus. (incl. frontis. portrait) & numerous text illus. original cloth (some discolouration to covers, adhesion damage on pp. 94-95 affecting several words on 12 lines). First Edition of this biography of the South African mining magnate. Robinson [1840-1929] made a fortune mining diamonds at Kimberley and gold in the Witwatersrand. His ruthless business practices earned him the title of 'Old Buccaneer'.
$100 USD Book Number: elala5310 Order / Enquire
WILKINSON, Sir J[ohn] Gardner [1797-1875].
A Popular Account Of The Ancient Egyptians. Revised And Abridged From His Larger Work.
London: John Murray, 1854..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 418, [1]; x, 438, 32(ads). 2 wood-engraved frontis. (1 folding) & numerous text illus. (several full-page). untrimmed in original black-stamped pictorial cloth (frayed & spine ends chipped). Ibrahim-Hilmy II 330.
$179 USD Book Number: ALKPoWIL30 Order / Enquire
WILSON, C[harles] Rivers [1831-1916].
Chapters From My Official Life...Edited By Everilda MacAlister.
London: Edward Arnold, 1916..
8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 310, [14]incl ads. photogravure frontis. A rather brilliant copy in original cloth (few minor marks & small nick on rear cover, browning to title & frontis. from tissue guard). First Edition. A large portion of the work (pp. 70-222) relates Wilson's experiences in Egypt, 1876-80, where he served as a government director of the Suez Canal Company, vice-president of the Commission to enquire into the Egyptian financial situation, Finance Minister, and president of the Commission for the Liquidation of the Egyptian Debt. In 1895 he became president of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, retiring in 1909 (pp. 267-82). He was involved in the negotiations that led to the formation of the Grand Trunk Pacific Company in 1903, and the construction of the western part of the transcontinental line from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert. The town of Rivers, Manitoba, is named after him.
$125 USD Book Number: elala5022 Order / Enquire
ZALOUMIS, Alex.
Zulu tribal art. Photography by Ian Difford.
[Cape Town]: AmaZulu Publishers, [2000]..
folio. pp. 301, [2]. profusely illus. (most colour). cloth. dw. (lacking front free-endpaper, else very good). First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: dola2638 Order / Enquire
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