234 pages, 4 wood engraved plates, original green blind decorated cloth, titled gilt on the spine, contents crisp, a very good unopened copy (i.e. having the folding of its component sections still intact at the top and fore-edges have not been severed from their neighbours with the paper-knife), with the binder’s ticket of Westley & Co., London on the rear paste-down endpaper.
Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 246, 'This work contains an account of the author's experiences among the Kaffirs and Fingoes, first as a missionary and afterwards in his capacity as Civil Commissioner. His first post was Gaika Commissioner, to which he was appointed by Sir Peregrine Maitland, and this office he exchanged at the urgent request of Sir Harry Smith, for that of Civil Commissioner of Victoria. Like many other authors, the writer considers that the frequent changes of the system of government by the home authorities were among the most serious causes of the Kaffir wars.'
- Size: 8vo (185 x 125 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
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- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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