Adamantia. The truth about the South African Diamond Fields:

£200 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The author looks at the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870 and describes how the British illegally seized the land of the diamond fields using their diplomacy and aggression and supported the Boer claims to the diamond fields. Captain Lindley was 19th century explorer and writer who undertook many adventures including gold-hunting in the Transvaal. First edition; 8vo ( 23 x 15 cm); coloured frontispiece, 8 maps, bookplate, errata slip tipped in, slight spotting throughout, inner hinge slightly cracked; publisher's green cloth gilt; a very good copy; xiii, 423 pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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