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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Orpen (Joseph Millerd)

REMINISCENCES OF LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

From 1846 to the Present Day, With Historical Researches.

Published: P. Davis & Sons, Durban, 1908

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By Joseph Orpen, who as Member of several South African Parliaments and in various Official Positions was engaged in Public Affairs between 1853 and 1903.

Vol .I. (Vol.II in the press).

xv + 493 pages, recent quarter red morocco with red cloth sides, the original red printed card wrappers are bound in, contents bright.

with:

Pages 1 – 64, additional chapters LXI – LXVIII, of volume II, loosely inserted. The pages are printed in two sections of 32 pages each and are staple bound.

A South African Bibliography, volume 3, pages 601, mentions that volume II was never published in its entirety and these being the only ones issued.

  • Size: 8vo (196 x 100 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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