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Summers, Roger : Ancient Mining in Rhodesia and adjacent areas

The Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 1969

236 pages (complete). In general good condition. The dustjacket, however has wear and tear, scuffing and rubbing. The dj is secure and whole. The cloth cover has wear to the corners and shelving edges. It is strong and firm and healthy. The inside front cover has a previous owner signature. The early pages have mild storage rub marks. The papertrims have handling marks. There is a folded map enclosed in a neat, tidy envelope at the inside back cover. The map is in good shape and trim and sound. The contents are clear, assured, diligent, well ordered, clean and very assured. fk. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Poor

1st Edition.

Summers, Roger : Ancient Mining in Rhodesia and adjacent areas

(Salisbury: The Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, 1969)

Museum Memoir No 3. 4to; original yellow cloth, lettered in black on spine, and with 'National Museums of Rhodesia' device in black to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xv + (i) + 236, incl. index; photographs; tables; diagrams; maps, incl. folding endpocket map. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and slightly edgeworn, with earlier owner's discreet repairs to reverse side; small, penned notation to front pastedown; some light spotting to endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. 'Over a century ago European explorers found gold in Rhodesia, even before it was known on the Witwatersrand, but centuries earlier the "Ancients" had mined and exported it. By combining the records of the Mines Department, the recollections of prospectors and miners, the findings of geologists and archaeologists, the writings of chroniclers (mainly Portuguese) and the tribal memory of African peoples, it has been possible to put together the story of mining and trading going back fifteen hundred years. The "Ancients" were extremely careful and patient prospectors and when they found a good prospect, they worked it with determination despite the fact that they had no machinery or explosives. This book adds a new dimension to Rhodesian history.'

SUMMERS, Roger (Contribs. By H B S Cooke; P V Tobias; H Wild; J F Schofield; K R Robinson) : Ancient Mining in Rhodesia and Adjacent Areas

The Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 1969

A fine unread copy in a near fine d.w., top margins light wear and nicks.

First Edition

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