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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Rose, Cowper

Four Years in Southern Africa

Published: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London, 1829

Edition: First Edition

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Sketches of life in the Cape Colony and Kaffraria during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. There is some information respecting the lives of the Boers of the interior at this period, with a description of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, and of the slave system of the country, together with some sporting tales etc.

Source: (Mendelssohn. Volume 2. pages 248/9).

Original brown boards with new spine with white square label to head of spine. Frontispiece Engraving - Bivouac in Kafferland. Title. Preface. Contents. xii plus 308 pages. Stain to back of frontispiece. Odd spot here and there, otherwise a very clean copy, tightly bound.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 21.2 X 13cm 8 vo
  • Sold By: Quathlamba Winds Books
  • Contact Person: Ian & Yvonne Halford
  • Country: United Kingdom
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