Author: Fraser, Maryna. (Ed).
Title: Johannesburg Pioneer Journals 1889-1909.
Description: Van Riebeeck Society (VRS). Second Series No.16. Cape Town 1985. Chocolate cloth boards. xvi + 267pp. illustrated b/w plates. No inscriptions. eps tanned. VG+ condition. no dustwrapper as issued. ISBN: 062009432X Produced to commemorate Johannesburg's centenary, this volume explores the social history of the mining town in its pioneer days. The four journals included are C. Du-Val, 'All the World Around!!! with pencil, pen and camera'; T.R. Adlam, 'Sunrise and Advancing Morn: Memories of a South African Boyhood'; E. Bright, 'Letters, 1902-1909'; 'Excerpts from the memoirs of William T. Powell'.

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