77 pages, rebound in quarter brown leather with green cloth boards, spine gilt, original front pictorial paper wrapper bound in at the front, a good copy.
Preliminary and end pages contain interesting contemporary advertisements.
Mendelssohn (Sidney) SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY volume 2 page 240: This account of the Jameson Raid is preceded by the manifesto of the " Transvaal National Union," and there is a detailed description of the scenes in Johannesburg after the issue of that document. The account of the battle of Doomkop was furnished to the author by Mr. Beavan, an eye-witness of the engagement, who was arrested by the Boers for complicity, but afterwards released. The result of the fight appears to have been hastened by the jamming of the Chartered Company's Maxims a little before the Boer artillery arrived. There is also an account of the fight by Mr. Percy Farrar, who was taken prisoner at Doomkop although only an onlooker, but was released soon afterwards by General Joubert. It is stated that "The last words uttered by Dr. Jameson when the flag of truce went up were, 'There goes my life!'"
- Overall Condition: A Good Copy
- Size: 12mo (190 x130mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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