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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Colenso (Francis Ellen)

MY CHIEF AND I

Published: Chapman and Hall, London, 1880

Edition: First edition

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Or six month in Natal after the Langalibalele outbreak

By Atherton Wylde [pseud.]

With illustrations

First edition: xii, 327 pages + 32 pages publishers’ catalogue, frontispiece portrait, frontispiece portrait of Colonel A.W. Durnford - a laid down photograph, 2 tinted lithographic plates, 1 other photographic plate - The Camp at Bushman's River Pass, book plate on the front pasted down end paper, embossed ownership mark on the front free end paper, worn at the hinges, the pages are working loose, uncut edges, original green cloth boards with illustration on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, a good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 1 page 356: Under the fictitious guise of a young soldier the authoress gives an account of six months' life and experiences with Colonel A. W. Durnford, who lost his life at Isandhlwana. The writer was evidently an enthusiastic admirer of the gallant soldier, and remarks of him that his " truly Christian life was as much honoured by those who came in contact with its influence as his heroic death by the world at large." There is a poem entitled " Durnford," which appeared in the Cape Argus of April 5, 1879, and was written by Mr. T. W. Swift, also a portrait and some illustrations.

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (230 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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