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First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.
First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.
First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.

LINDLEY, Captain Augustus F.

Adamantia. The truth about the South African Diamond Fields: or, a vindication of the right of the Orange Free State to that territory, and an Analysis of British Diplomacy and Aggression which has resulted in its illegal seizure by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope

London, W.H. Collingridge, 1873.

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Adamantia. The truth about the South African Diamond Fields:

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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.

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First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.

Adamantia. The truth about the South African Diamond Fields:

£200.00
£200.00

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