A POTTERY MAN'S JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY

[Bradley (John)]

Description:

Seventh thousand, 63 pages, printed grey light card wrappers neatly repaired at the spine, sewn with cotton thread, commercial advertisements on the inside and back covers, tipped-in advertisement for Bradley & Co. opposite the title page, stamp of Bradley & Co., Jones Street. Kimberley on the front wrapper and on four pages of the text.

This issue not described in A South African Bibliography (Volume 1, page 270). Two issues printed in Cape Town and Kimberley are listed. This issue was printed by 'Edwin H. Eardley, Printer, Tunstall.' Tunstall is one of the three component towns of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, an area known at 'The Potteries.'

Details:

  • Publisher Place: Tunstall (Stoke-on-Trent)
  • Date of Publication: 1900
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8v0 (180 x 125 mm)
  • Lot No: 214
  • Hammer Price: $800
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $1100/1300
  • Reserve: $800

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