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| Author: | Anonymous | |
| Year: | 1952 | |
| Edition: | First | |
| Title: | The City of Kimberley : Official Guide | |
| Place: | Cape Town | |
| Publisher: | R Beerman | |
A vintage guide to the city, with sections on the history, mining, entertainments, sports and social activities, public services and institutions, hotels etc that the city had to offer its visitors in the 1950s. On the cover is the city’s motto Spero Meliora (“In hope of better things”) and coat of arms - a lion rampant superimposed on a golden lozenge (diamond), which represents the city’s diamond-mining industry, with the Union Jack in the background. (Source: AntiquarianAuctions.com) The second edition was published in 1957. | ||
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