SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIES (First Edition 1932, Scarce with Dust Jacket)

London: Cassell and Company, 1932

8vo, 319pp. Hardcover binding with gilt lettering to spine, top edge stained dark blue, with dust jacket, frontispiece of author and 3 monochrome plates, collated and complete.

Sir James Percy FitzPatrick, KCMG (1862 – 1931), known as Percy FitzPatrick, was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. He authored the classic children's book, Jock of the Bushveld (1907). As a politician, he defended British Imperial interests before and during the Anglo-Boer War. FitzPatrick is responsible for the creation of the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day. (wikipedia.com)

Condition: Jacket in fair condition, with rubbing, edgewear and small open and closed tears. Jacket has been covered with protective Brodart plastic sleeve. Book: Good-Very good. Light fading to blue stain on top edge of textblock. Slight shelfwear to spine. Previous owner’s signature and inscription on front endpaper. A few pages have small open and/or closed tears presumably from when paperclip was used, confined to top and fore edges, no text damaged or missing. Text and plates are clean, copy is well bound.