Rambles through the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope. 1688-1700. First Series. (John Hays Hammond's copy)

Leibbrandt dedicated his book to the Colonial Secretary of the Cape, John Tudhope. His survey begins with the appointment of Willem Adriaan van der Stel as governor of the Cape in succession to his father, Simon, and ends, nineteen chapters and a few years later, with the announcement of a bumper wool crop and the belief that this could be exported.

This was John Hays Hammond's - and later Natalie H Hammond's - copy. John Hays Hammond was the author of The Truth About the Jameson Raid and other books.

Maroon cloth-boards with blind rules front and back and gilt lettering to he spine. Plain primrose endpapers. xvi + 205 pp of text, appendixes and addenda.

CONDITION NOTES. Both panels are lightly rubbed at the corners and the spine-ends are lightly crushed. There are two ownership signatures on the front free endpaper, the second with the year 1894. The endpapers are otherwise unmarked and undamaged. There are one or two light cracks between sections, but the hinges remain unaffected and the copy remains tightly bound. The text is complete, unmarked and unfoxed or otherwise discoloured.