SOUTH AFRICAN REMINISCENCES

Murray (R.W. Sen.)

Description:

A SERIES OF SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PUBLIC EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN SOUTH AFRICA WITHIN THE MEMORY OF THE AUTHOR DURING THE FORTY YEARS SINCE 1854, AND OF THE PUBLIC MEN, OFFICAL AND UNOFFICAL, WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THEM.

Book Description: xiv + 254pp + 8pp advertisements in rear (For the Grand Hotel Kimberly, Diamond Fields, South Africa., Gibbs' Rifles and Shotguns, Kimberly Camera Club, Koch & Dixei General Furnishing and Household Ironmongers, A. P. Walshe Arms and Ammunition & J.C. Juta Co with a list of their books dealing with South Africa). Original green cloth Hardcover with Gilt embossed title and silver vignette of Southern Africa. Sepia frontispiece.

Book Condition: Very light scuffing to cover. Apart from one or two minor fox-marks to the odd preliminary page,text is clean throughout. A Very Good Plus clean copy indeed.

A prime source for the early history of the Diamond Fields and Kimberley.A series of sketches of prominent public events which have occurred in South Africa within the memory of the author during the forty years since 1854,and of the public men,official and unofficial who have taken part in them.

Scarce.

Details:

  • Publisher: J.C. Juta &Co.
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town, P.E., Jhb.
  • Date of Publication: 1894
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding Condition: Very Good Plus
  • Overall Condition: Very Good Plus
  • Size: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
  • Lot No: 436
  • Hammer Price: $263
  • Bids: 5
  • Visits: 120
  • Estimate: $300/600
  • Reserve: $200

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  • Name: BOOKTOWN AFRICANA
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