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Auction archive: Lot number 14

WILLIAMS, GARDNER F. THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Auction 15.04.1996
15 Apr 1996 - 16 Apr 1996
Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$1,380
Auction archive: Lot number 14

WILLIAMS, GARDNER F. THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Auction 15.04.1996
15 Apr 1996 - 16 Apr 1996
Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$1,380
Beschreibung:

WILLIAMS, GARDNER F. THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA New York: B.F. Buck & Company, 1905. Vol. I 359pp., Vol II 353pp. Inscribed: Presented to Frederick J. Siebert, Jr. with the compliments of Gardner Williams San Francisco 26th July 1921 "There have been prepared One Thousand Copies of the Author's Edition of the Diamond Mines of South Africa of which this set consisting of two volumes is No. 470 (handwritten) Gardner Williams (handwritten)" Sinkankas states "This work, and its second edition below, remains the most important historical treatise on the diamond mines of South Africa." Gardner Williams was appointed general manager of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. in 1887. It is this position which allowed him to then write such an informative book. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
15 Apr 1996 - 16 Apr 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

WILLIAMS, GARDNER F. THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA New York: B.F. Buck & Company, 1905. Vol. I 359pp., Vol II 353pp. Inscribed: Presented to Frederick J. Siebert, Jr. with the compliments of Gardner Williams San Francisco 26th July 1921 "There have been prepared One Thousand Copies of the Author's Edition of the Diamond Mines of South Africa of which this set consisting of two volumes is No. 470 (handwritten) Gardner Williams (handwritten)" Sinkankas states "This work, and its second edition below, remains the most important historical treatise on the diamond mines of South Africa." Gardner Williams was appointed general manager of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. in 1887. It is this position which allowed him to then write such an informative book. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
15 Apr 1996 - 16 Apr 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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