On the Mines

Gottingen, Germany: Steidl, 2012. First edition thus. Hardcover. 178 pages. A revised and expanded edition of this book which was first published in 1973. Features text by South African author Nadine Gordimer who won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. Includes 80 tritone and four color illustrations. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine acetate dust… Read more about this item

Cape Town: C. Struik (PTY) LTD, 1973. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Signed bookplate laid-in by Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer (Literature, 1991). Quarto (29.5cm); red cloth covered boards stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; unpaginated; 56 plates. Bumped on the lower spine, else clean and fresh: Near Fine. Jacket rubbed at spine ends, around Very Good or better.… Read more about this item

Cape Town: C. Struik (PTY) Ltd,, 1973. First and only Edition. Inscribed by the photographer on the half-title: "With fond thoughts of Daphne and gratitude for her talents!, David. April 1984", and signed by him and Nadine Mortimer on the title page. Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) was a South African writer and political activist known for her writing that documented… Read more about this item

Cape Town: C. Struik Pty Ltd, 1973. Unpaginated, photos numbered 1-56. Red cloth boards with titles on spine in gold. Binding tight and spine straight, corners of volume square (very minor bump to bottom back forecorner, but corner itself is straight). Signed by 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Nadine Gordimer to famed book collector Burt Britton on front free… Read more about this item

Gottingen GR: Steidl, 2012. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 180 pages. This edition of On the Mines is a re-designed and expanded version of David Goldblatts influential book published in 1973. Goldblatt grew up in the South African town of Randfontein. which was shaped by the social culture and financial success of the gold mines surrounding… Read more about this item

Cape Town: C. Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1973. First edition of photographer's first book. 56 b/w photographs. 4to. Publisher's gray cloth, fine, in photographically illustrated dust jacket, lightly shelfworn, with old pen price to front flap. First edition of photographer's first book. 56 b/w photographs. 4to. Goldblatt achieves a masterful balance between pretty abstraction and biting social commentary in… Read more about this item

C. Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd , 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x11x0. The dust jacket is little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our… Read more about this item

Steidl. New. 2012. Revised. Hardcover. New.

C.Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1973. This book is divided into three parts. The Witwatersrand: a time and tailings, Shaftsinking and Mining Men. The first part is a collection of Goldblatt's photographs accompanied by an essay by Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. The second, photographs by Goldblatt with his description of the process of Shaftsinking. The third part is Goldblatt's images of… Read more about this item

C. Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd , 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x11x0. Name of the previous owner. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust Jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small tear alongside the spine and a touch edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages… Read more about this item