The Platinum Deposits and Mines of South Africa

with a Chapter on the Mineragraphy and Spectography of the Sulphidic Platinum Ores of the Bushveld Complex by Prof. Dr. H. Schneiderhöhn

by Percy A. Wagner 

First edition.  Edinburgh and London:  Oliver and Boyd, 1929 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Dark blue cloth covers have blind tooled frame.  
• Boards show some smudges, bumps, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text, a shelf label, and is darkened, with crushed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is secure; binding visible at some openings.  See photos.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing, writing.  
• Frontispiece is present.
• Foldout maps are present.
• Ex-library book with shelf labels on spine end, catalogue number on title page verso.  
• Illustrations, photo plates and line figures, are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some marginal toning, scattered  foxing. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges are foxed. 
• PS2025.0716

326 pages. 5.5 x 8.75 inches

A Very Good copy of this early work on the platinum ore fields of South Africa and their prospects for mining.  Publisher's dark blue cloth, with frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 34 plates, 37 text figures.  Ex-library, with shelf labels on the spine end and a catalogue number in pencil, but no other marks or stamps.

The author is Percy Wagner (1885-1929), a geologist and mining engineer, who in his relatively short career produced three books, seven Geological Survey memoirs, and over 100 papers.  He made particularly important contributions to the study of the tin, nickel and platinum deposits of the Bushveld Complex.  This work culminated in the publication of his monumental work, The platinum deposits and mines of South Africa, offered here.  In Wagner's own words, "The main object of the present book is to describe these remarkable Transvaal deposits and call attention to their enormous economic possibilities."

First edition.  

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