A Johannesburg Album - Historical Postcards

NORWICH, Oscar I.

Description:

”... A Johannesburg Album... traces the beginnings and early development of Johannesburg’s suburbs in a series of over 325 historical picture postcards, most of them in colour... The book describes the earliest suburbs and areas of the mining town, beginning with the Market Square and including suburbs such as Doornfontein, Jeppestown, Fordsburg, Parktown, Saxonwold, Yeoville, Berea and Braamfontein... There are also chapters on Crises and Events, including the Jameson Raid, the Braamfontein dynamite explosion and the 1913 miners’ strike; Chinese on the Mines and Mining...”.

Aside from a gift inscription on the free front end-paper and light discolouration along the fore- and top edges, book and jacket are near fine.

Details:

  • Publisher: A.D. Donker
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg
  • Date of Publication: 1986
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Very Good+
  • Binding Condition: Very Good +
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: Folio
  • Lot No: 390
  • Hammer Price: $48
  • Bids: 4
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  • Estimate: $80
  • Reserve: $40

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