Description
Signed copy of The Diamond Mines of South Africa by Gardner F. Williams.
Quarto, [two volumes], xvii, 359pp; xv, 353pp. Full brown leather, title in gilt on spines. Gilt floral designs on spines and front covers. Double-ruled border in gilt on front covers and stamped in blind on rear covers. Top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Solid text blocks. Pages uncut, some unopened. Volume I with small blemish to front cover, sunning to top edge and spine, some rubbing to edges. Volume II with slight bow and some toning to rear cover, small mark on front cover, sunning to spine. Both volumes have a frontispiece with tissue guard and numerous other illustrations. Features fold-out map at rear of Volume II. Held in acetate dust jackets. Presentation copy inscribed by the author: “Thos. J. Coleman / with the compliments of / Gardner F. Williams / San Francisco / January 1918.”
