A little known personal account of an Englishman's tour in the expanding colonial parts of South Africa in the third quarter of the nineteenth century As elaborated in the title, this book relates a year's travel, sport, and gold-digging in the Transvaal and Colony of Natal - a period of pioneering travel in the wake of the Great Trek and before the first Anglo-Boer War.
A beautiful copy (presented as a school prize) in decorated blue buckram; gilt edged pages all tightly bound. x prelims; 267 pp. Wood engraving frontispiece.
- Binding Condition: Tight
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 145 x 218 x 31mm
- Sold By: Thorolds Legal & Antiquarian Booksellers
- Contact Person: Kim Roberts
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0118759991
- Preferred Payment Methods: Cash; EFT; Credit Card
- Trade Associations: Antiquarian Bookseller's Association
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