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Auction: 13017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 752

COHEN, Louis. Reminiscences of Kimberley. Bennett & Co., London, 1911. Octavo, 436 pages plus 4 pages of adverts. Original purple cloth, gilt, slightly faded and a little rubbed with a few marks but otherwise and very good copy of this extremely scarce book. A handwritten note on the half-title reads "The issue of this novel was recalled from publication shortly after issue".

Louis Cohen was a journalist, a diamond buyer and a stockbroker, he was a cousin of Barney Barnato and joined him in partnership in 1873. This edition was limited to 80 copies only and was withdrawn from sale by the publishers as these reminiscences were considered so scandalous. Cohen and the publishers were sued for libel by the mining magnate Sir J.B. Robinson and fined £1000 and £100 respectively. Pasted in at the back of this copy is a lengthy and fascinating cutting from The Times, Wednesday, November 22, 1911 regarding Sir Joseph Robinson's libel action. A handwritten note on this cutting notes "Cohen got 3 years for perjury in connection with this trial, at a subsequent date".

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Estimate
£200 to £250