First Edition hardcover Octavo bound in plum cloth boards and has 488 uncut pages. Gilt titles on the front board and to the spine. Head and heel are bumped and has some rubbing along the edges.
The book contains a frontispiece with a tissue guard, maps (Pre-Historic and Earliest Historic South Africa, A.D. 900), plans and numerous plates throughout.
Previous owner’s inscription on the front free end paper. Overall, both the book and binding are in very good condition.
Pre-historic Rhodesia: an examination of the historical, ethnological and archaeological evidences as to the origin and age of the rock mines and stone buildings, with a gazetteer of Medieval South-East Africa, 915 A.D. to 1760 A.D. and the countries of Monomotapa, Manica, Sabia, Quiteve, Sofala and Mozambique "The Author presents the first installment of a reply to the conclusions of Dr Randall Maciver concerning the Origin and Age of the Rhodesian Rock Mines and Buildings" (Preface).
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 235 x 155 mm
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- Country: South Africa
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